Marysol Castro is a public address announcer at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets.
13 Facts About Marysol Castro
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Marysol Castro was an American broadcast journalist who was employed as a news anchor at WPIX in New York, a weather forecaster for The Early Show on CBS in 2011, and a features correspondent for the weekend edition of Good Morning America on ABC from 2004 to 2010.
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In June 2015, Castro joined New Haven-based WTNH-TV to fill in for weekday morning traffic reports and anchor until mid-November 2015.
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In January 2019, Marysol Castro joined the booth of the Android and iOS app BallparkDJ making it possible for any youth softball or baseball team to be announced by her professional voice.
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Marysol Castro was later admitted to the Oliver Scholars Program, an independent school access program for high-achieving students of color, and attended Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in Pennsylvania and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996.
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Marysol Castro later obtained a Master of Arts in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Marysol Castro worked as a reporter for News 12, a local cable news network in the Bronx.
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Marysol Castro taught briefly at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn as an English teacher.
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On January 3,2011, as part of a complete show overhaul, Marysol Castro became the weekday weather forecaster for The Early Show on CBS replacing Dave Price.
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In June 2015, Marysol Castro joined WTNH-TV ABC 8 in New Haven, Connecticut, to fill in as weekday morning traffic reporter and anchor.
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Marysol Castro was relieved of her fill-in duties in November 2015 and later left the station.
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Marysol Castro was named public address announcer at Citi Field, on May 30,2018, replacing Alex Anthony.
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Marysol Castro is the first female PA announcer in the Mets' history.