Gio Benitez Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned his degree in sociology and anthropology from the Florida International University's School of International and Public Affairs
• Started working at WFOR as an Emma L․ Bowen Foundation work-study scholar
• Once he reached the rank of investigative producer at WFOR, he was involved with stories about Medicare fraud, public safety and government corruption
• After joining ABC News as a New York-based correspondent, he covered the Boston Marathon bombing, an eight-day standoff involving an Alabama child held hostage underground and most of 2013's major winter storms
• Covered relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 and evacuated injured Haitians to the island of Curacao on his return trip
• In 2009, he became the first reporter to shoot a TV story using only an iPhone
• Born and raised in Miami, Fla․, he is fluent in English and Spanish