Mara Montalbano graduated from St. John’s College of
Professional Studies in 2004 with a B.S. in Communication Arts. She
currently works as a Video Journalist at New York 1 News. Her
responsibilities include reporting on stories and anchoring news
segments, shooting videos, writing copy, editing packages and
assigning stories to news assistants and reporters. She also
appears at community events on behalf of NY1 News and Time Warner
Cable. Mara received the SIEDC 20 under 40 Leadership Award in 2007
and the Iron Hills Civic Association Media Award in 2008. She
remains connected to the University by attending the Communications
Connection event held by the College of Professional Studies.