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K AT Y BL A K EY living out her dreams INTERVIEW BY
K E L LY W O O L E Y
RÉSUMÉ AGE 37 JOB Emmy Award–winning NBC 5 weekend evening anchor and daytime reporter LIVES IN East Dallas HAILS FROM McKinney ALMA MATER Southern Methodist University, where she graduated as president of her class with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and political science SIGNIFICANT OTHER Husband Joey Mongaras, a criminal defense attorney she met through their adult kickball league CHILD Daughter Harper, 1 WHERE TO FIND HER facebook.com/ katyblakeyjournalist; @katyblakeynbc5 on Instagram
COURTESY OF JOEY MONGARAS
NBC 5 anchor KATY BLAKEY welcomed daughter Harper Jane in May 2020.
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EING PREGNANT AND GIVING BIRTH
to your first child can be overwhelming enough—but experiencing both during a worldwide pandemic is something Katy Blakey and her husband Joey Mongaras will never forget. Even more unique was that Blakey, an NBC 5 anchor and reporter, was more immersed in the pandemic than most, reporting about it almost 24/7 during her last 6 weeks of pregnancy.
During that time and after daughter Harper’s birth, Blakey and Mongaras were both working from home—so they had more time together to prepare and learn to parent than most new moms and dads get. And because of all the support Blakey received, sometimes from virtual strangers, she felt surrounded even during COVID-19 isolation. So while 2020 was incredibly challenging, for Blakey, the year turned out to have the shiniest of silver linings. DFWCHILD | august/september 2021
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