Coronavirus has made every life difficult worldwide. Concerning Michele Tafoya, her life is affected as well. She is a sportscaster, and her professional life has been implied with several policies and guidelines while she operates her work. She is a longtime sideline reporter for NBC's 'Sunday Night Football,' but there is a slight impracticality going on her job right now.
How can Tafoya operate her work as a sideline reporter if she is not allowed on the sidelines? It all mattered when she was on her duty in the NFL season opener between the Texans and Chiefs, and she had put to the test. She mentioned:
"My role is going to be hugely different in that I'm not allowed on the field. That's going to provide a lot of challenges, but we love challenges on 'Sunday Night Football.' … I'm eager to see how it all works out."
However, Tafoya has been trying out to find many ways to adjust the situation. She said that she tries to gather more information for reports before games start and bringing binoculars for the first time in her career to be able to see things up close.
Michele Tafoya's Net Worth and Salary
Michele Tafoya garners the net worth from her professional career as a journalist. Tafoya, who serves as a sideline reporter for 'Saturday Night Live' at NBC, has a net worth of $3 million. Also, she cashes out a salary of $200 Thousand per year.
Tafoya started her career in the media and networking after she earned her Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. She began working as a broadcaster covering the Minnesota Vikings and women's basketball at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After moving to Charlotte, she became the first female men's basketball analyst in UNC-Charlotte's history.
Besides that, her credits include her works on KQRS channel, The NFL on CBS (1998/99), Super Bowl XL in 2006, 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, 2014 NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Preseason in 2019, and many others.
Is Michele Tafoya Married?
Michele Tafoya is a married woman. She is tied with her longtime boyfriend-turned husband, Mark Vandersall.
Tafoya and her Minneapolis-based financial advisor husband, Vandersall, first met in 1993 and took their bond to a romantic one. They dated for seven years and later tied a knot on 13 May 2003.
Michele Tafoya and her husband, Mark Vandersall (©: Zimbio)
In the course of their longterm togetherness, Tafoya tried on having children many times. However, she ended up suffering a miscarriage four times in the interval of two decades of her married life. Nevertheless, she and Mark Vandersall shares a son named Tyler, who was born in 2005. Four years later, they adopted a girl named Olivia from Colombia in 2009.
As of now, Michele Tafoya lives happily with her husband and two kids.
Is Michele Tafoya Mexican?
She is the daughter of Orlando Tafoya and Wilma Conley Tafoya.