Lisa Gonzales is an Edward R. Murrow & Emmy award-winning journalist who anchors weekday newscasts at noon and 4 p.m. on KCRA 3.

Before joining the KCRA 3 news team, Lisa worked as an anchor, reporter and producer for other television stations in Sacramento, Fresno and Redding.

Lisa is a Sacramento native. She grew up watching KCRA 3 news and it inspired her to become a journalist.

She graduated from El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento before attending UC Berkeley.

While at UC Berkeley, Lisa helped start the first undergrad TV station called CALtv, which still exists today. She was also in the INROADS program all four years.

Lisa graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric with an emphasis in journalism. Her undergraduate studies also focused on business, Chicano/Latino and ethnic studies.

Lisa worked in corporate America after college for two years as an account manager for Procter & Gamble. She loved working in the business world, but journalism was her childhood dream.

Lisa has a passion for helping others, especially domestic violence victims, homeless women/children and at-risk youth.