Alexis Cruz Biography
Alexis Cruz is an accomplished American journalist serving as a morning news anchor at WXIX FOX19 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since joining the station in mid 2023, following her tenure at CBS12 News in West Palm Beach, FL, Cruz has covered breaking news and community issues that matter most, earning accolades for her commitment to excellence in journalism.
How old is Alexis Cruz?
Cruz was born in June 1995 in the United States, therefore making her 30 years old as of 2026. She always celebrates her birthday in June every year, as evidenced by one of her Instagram posts posted on June 22, 2025, where she captioned, “The summer I turned 30 ✨🪩.” Her zodiac sign is Cancer.
Education
Cruz attended the University of Florida (Go Gators), where she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications News (2013 to 2017) and graduated in 2017. During her time at UF, she gained practical experience anchoring and reporting for student-run broadcasts, WUFT’s First at Five live newscast, and WRUF news briefs.
Career Background
Cruz serves as a morning news anchor at FOX19 NOW (WXIX-TV) in Cincinnati. She joined FOX19 NOW in mid-2023, becoming one of the station’s newest reporters and anchors. As a news anchor, Cruz covers breaking news, live reports, and anchoring duties, with her main focus being on local community issues, crime, and impactful human-interest stories. Prior to her role at FOX19, Cruz worked at CBS12 News in West Palm Beach, FL, from August 2022 to 2023. Here, she held multiple roles, including working as a weekday noon anchor, weekend night anchor, and primary fill-in anchor for weekday 3, 5, and 6 p.m. shows. Her main focus was on severe weather, politics, and sports.
While in New Bern, North Carolina, Cruz contributed to the morning the four and a half hours newscast for both WCTI TV 12 and FOX 8/14. In addition to her journalistic endeavours, Cruz was the weekend anchor/ reporter at WCJB TV20 in Gainesville, Florida, from October 2017 to December 2019. In this role, she was responsible for co-producing the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Additionally, Cruz was the host/producer of a weekly technology segment and food segment, and also served primarily as the fill-in anchor for the primetime afternoon broadcasts, evening broadcasts, and morning show.
It’s worth noting that Cruz first joined WCJB TV20 in June 2015, where she was assigned the position of a
Assignment Editor, Reporter (from June 2015 to June 2016), and also worked as a weekend producer, fill-in weekday producer, from August 2015 to June 2016. Off-screen, Cruz enjoys going to Bengals games, spending time with her dog Zoe, and exploring the amazing variety of local restaurants.
At WXIX FOX19, Cruz works alongside;
- Megan O’Rourke
- Jordan Vilines
- Taneisha Cordell
- Joe Danneman
- Catherine Bodak
- Stefano Di Pietrantonio
- Brad Maushart
- Erin Ashley
- Anna DuVall
- Jeremy Rauch
- Stephanie Roberts
- Dan Wells
- Gabi Sorrentino
- Rob Williams
- Regan Holgate
Alexis Cruz Partner | Kids
Cruz is currently in a relationship with Ryan Akins. She, however, values privacy and prefers to keep details of her personal life away from public attention. There is no confirmed record of whether she has children or not, and such updates will be updated if and when she chooses to share them in the future.
Alexis Cruz’s Parents and Siblings
Cruz was born and raised in the United States, but has chosen to keep information about her dad private. Her mom, Robin Cruz, born in November 1959, passed away in August 2024 after battling cancer, as evidenced by a heartfelt message on one of her Instagram posts posted on August 29, 2025. It read, “Momma’s girl. I can’t believe it’s been a year without you. Now the sun shines a little less bright, but the sunsets are far more beautiful 🤍.” She has an older sister called Kara Dawn, whom she wished a happy birthday through one of her Instagram posts posted on October 27, 2024. She captioned, “Forties, flirty, & thriving 🥂 Cheers to the best gift that my mom ever gave me. Happy birthday, Sissy. I love you more than the sun, moon, and all of the stars in the sky.”
Alexis Cruz’s Salary
Cruz earns an average salary that ranges between $ 30,000 and $ 50,000.
Alexis Cruz’s Height
Cruz is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, equaling 1.7 meters.
Alexis Cruz Net Worth
Cruz’s net worth is estimated to range between $500,000 and $ 2 million. She has accumulated this wealth primarily through her career as a journalist.
Social Media
Cruz is gaining popularity on social media, particularly on Instagram @lexiecruzz, where she has more than 5.7k followers. You can also follow her on her Facebook account @Alexis Cruz, where she has over 9.5k followers, and on Twitter @newsbycruz, where she has about 2.9k followers.