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Breeanna Sorensen
Born	Breeanna Reneé Sorensen July 18, 1984 (1984-07-18) (age 39) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Education	University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Alma mater	University of North Carolina (B.S.) Lafayette Jeff High School
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Broadcast meteorologist and scientist
Home town	Lafayette, Indiana Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Partner	Harrison Bokamp (1997-2002) Ava Zinn (2022-present)
Children	1
Parents	Phillip R. "Phil" Sorensen (father) Veronica Craft (Mother)

Breeanna Reneé Soresnen (born July 18, 1984), is an American television personality. She is currently the weather anchor/reporter for CBS 41 Action News on NoSirGifts-owned Fort Wayne, Indiana CBS affiliate and company flagship station WTOR and before that was the weekend weather anchor for Fox 5 News on NoSirGifts-owned Raleigh, North Carolina Fox affiliate WRNC (currently known as "North Carolina 5-Fox"). Sorensen is a Meteorologist for WTOR and independent station WXXC.^[1]

Background and education

Sorensen was born Breeanna Reneé Sorensen on July 18, 1984 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to mother Veronica Craft (1950-2009) and father Phil Sorensen. She has a younger brother named Jim Sorensen (b. 1986). When she was 12, the family moved to Lafayette, Indiana after her father took the sports director position at WTOR in Fort Wayne in 1996 while her mother took a job at NoSirGifts in Marion, Indiana.

After graduating from Lafayette Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana in 2002, Sorensen returned to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to attend the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and graduated in 2006.

Career

After graduating college, Sorensen worked for WRNC. While working at WRNC from 2006-2011, Breeanna was asked once to fill in as a guest weather anchor on the Fox News Channel, and this fulfilled her high school goal.^[1] In addition, Sorensen is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist.^[2]

On December 2, 2014, WLIN announced that Sorensen would become chief meteorologist seen weekday afternoons and weather editor for WLIN, succeeding Sam Walker, who transferred his chief meteorologist duties from WLIN to WWKI upon WWKI's affiliation switch from The CW to CBS.^[3] However, Sorensen declined the job offer and accepted a similar position at WTOR.

On March 31, 2016, Sorensen was announced as a moderator panelist on Vote for the Girls. She will be joining the purple team duo moderators Ava Zinn and Kymberly Alvaraz, Danni McClannahan and Lanise White, Kathi and Karly Jameson,and solo moderators Kendra Ray and Rachael Passalt.^[4]

Sorensen became the Carolina's Vote for the Girls moderator. Sorensen's hometown in the Triangle has long been a hotbed for American Idol alumni and supported female contestants, are tied to the past success of artists such as Season 3 champion Fantasia Barrino (of High Point), Season 5 finalist Kellie Pickler (Albemarle) who finished sixth (as well as winning the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars), and season 13 finalist Majesty Rose York.

Due to being the girlfriend of Ava Zinn, Sorensen joined the cast of Caprice & Ella on September 24, 2022. Her first apperance was the conclusion of the 14-part miniseries "Breaking Boiling Point". Because of this job, Sorensen has scaled back from her job at WTOR/WXXC swapping positions with Luka Runecraft.

Filmography

Personal life

Sorensen was previously in a relationship with Harrison Bokamp (now Harmony Bokamp) when she attended Tecumseh Middle School and Lafayette Jefferson High School from 1997 to 2002. The relationship ended after the 2002 Lafayette Jefferson High School prom due to Bokamp arriving an hour late. She would not be in another relationship until September 2022. She is also a good friend to Dustin Keller, fellow Lafayette Jefferson alumnus who went on to play for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.

Sorensen began a relationship with Ava Zinn on September 23, 2022. It is notable as Sorensen became the first significant other of Zinn as Sorensen is the junior partner surpassing Amanda Davidson, who held that record since 1993. As Zinn is already a grandfather of three grandchildren, Sorensen became a stepgrandmother to Alisan, Michael, and Leah. Two months later, on November 21, 2022 news of the relationship became public, in a YouTube post by Ava Zinn, it was revealed that she and Sorensen were expecting a baby and confirmed two days later on November 23, 2022. The child will be Sorensen's first, but the seventh for Zinn, who has two children with Amanda Davidson (Samantha and Thomas, both deceased), two children with Elisa Everman (Tiffani and Sheryl, both deceased), one child with Angie Nieves (Tabitha, deceased), and one child with Kymberly Alvaraz (Kenneth, deceased). This makes Sorensen one of the relatively few women who became a step-grandparent before becoming a parent.

Sports involvement

Sorensen has been a fan of the Carolina Panthers football team since their inaugural season in 1995. She is also a fan of the UNC Tar Heels.

Since Sorensen and Zinn began dating in 2022, Sorensen has occasionally supported the Colts and the NBA's Indiana Pacers, though neither have been able to attend or even watch NBA games since most Pacers games have moved to cable. Although Indianapolis and Sorensen's nearby hometown market of Charlotte, North Carolina both have NFL and NBA teams, neither Charlotte or Indianapolis does not have an MLB nor a NHL team yet Indianapolis has the WNBA's Indiana Fever.

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