Several years later, she moved to Northern Virginia then Maryland where she became a reporter and fill-in anchor at NBC25, now WDVM-TV. There, she was nominated for two Edward R. Murrow awards.

Before landing a job in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Cara worked as a reporter for NBC-2 in Fort Myers, Florida, and as an anchor/reporter for NBC25 in Hagerstown, Maryland. She kicked off her ...