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Leslie Mayes

(She/Her)
New York
As seen in: MSN, WNBC-TV (New York, NY), KNBC-TV (Los Angeles, CA), KXAS-TV (Fort Worth, TX), WCAU-TV (Philadelphia, PA), WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL), WRC-TV (Washington, DC), KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA), KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA), WTVJ-TV (Miami, FL) and
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Leslie Mayes’s Biography

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Leslie Mayes joined NBC Connecticut in 2015 and you can catch her reports on newscasts each weekday.

She’s also the creator and host of “Connecticut in Color” a program dedicated to highlighting the stories and discussing the issues of the Nutmeg State’s communities of color.

Leslie joined NBC from Charlotte, North Carolina where she was a morning reporter at News 14 Carolina.

Prior to her time in the south, she covered national politics as the Washington Bureau producer for the Time Warner Cab…

Leslie Mayes’s Journalist Portfolio

LESLIE MAYES - ANCHOR/REPORTER 2022

LESLIE MAYES - ANCHOR/REPORTER 2022

Leslie Mayes is an anchor and reporter with more than a decade of experience. Currently at NBC in Connecticut…

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Connecticut in Color 2022 Retrospective

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Enfermera de Connecticut escribe libro para las latinas en la enfermerĂ­a

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By Leslie Mayes
| WNEU-TV (Boston, MA) Verified
Un grupo de enfermeras, liderado por una de Connecticut, decidió reunir en un libro las experiencias que comparten como parte de un grupo demasiado pequeño: las latinas en enfermería. Tina Loarte Rodríguez, directora asociada de salud y equidad del Hospital Yale New Haven, es una de los más de 4 millones de personas que constituyen la columna vertebral del sistema de salud de Estados Unidos; ella es enfermera.
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Connecticut nurses write book to empower Latina nursing community

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By Leslie Mayes, Lia Holmes
| WVIT-TV (West Hartford, CT) Verified
A group of nurses, led by one right here in Connecticut, decided to use their words to represent the experiences they share as a part of a group far too small, Latinas in nursing. Tina Loarte Rodriguez, the associate director of health and equity at the Yale New Haven Hospital, is one of more than four million people who make up the backbone of America's healthcare system, she's a nurse. The book "Latinas in Nursing" aims to shorten the disparity of Latinas within nursing.
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Pratt & Whitney executive and West Hartford community leader Earl Exum passes away

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By Leslie Mayes
| WVIT-TV (West Hartford, CT) Verified
Earl Exum passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 1, 2023. He was 55 years old. The husband of state representative Tammy Exum and father of three sons was a chairman at Pratt & Whitney and champion of excellence and diversity in aerospace. He sat on the boards of the Urban League of Greater Hartford and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. As leader of the West Hartford African American Social and Cultural Organization, he helped to create a memorial dedicated to Lemuel Haynes.
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