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Gina Gaston (born January 14, 1966 in Oxnard, CA) is a television journalist and currently the lead anchor for KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas.

Career
Gaston began her career at KLTV in Tyler TX in 1987. She then worked at WHTM in Harrisburg, PA, WTSP in Tampa, Fl before going to KTRK. She joined channel 13 in 1992 to anchor the morning newscast with Tom Koch, Don Nelson, and Dough Brown. She then left in 1999 to co-anchor HomePage, an afternoon show on MSNBC, with Ashleigh Banfield and Mika Brzezinski. Entertainment Weekly described the trio as "the Powerpuff Girls of journalism". Gaston left MSNBC in 2000. In 2001, she returned to channel 13 to anchor and report weekend newscast. Three months later, she began anchoring the newly created newscast, Eyewitness News at 4pm. After that, Gaston was named anchor of the main newscasts, the 6pm and 10 pm newscasts, replacing long-time anchor Shara Fryer. Gina Gaston was the first female and African-American to hold that position at KTRK. She has been named "Best Anchor" by Houston Press twice.

Awards and honors
Gaston won a 2007 Lone Star Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for a documentary titled "Cosmos an HD Odyssey". She won a 2007 National Headliner Award as well for a documentary titled Soulful Stitches. She has also won several Associated Press awards. Gaston was placed on the 2017 Houston Chronicle's Best Dressed Hall of Fame. Additional honors include Texas Executive Women “Women on the Move”, and Crohn’s and Colitis/ ABC 13 Women of Distinction. Gaston is a 1987 honors graduate of the University of Southern California with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Communications, and a minor in International Relations, B.A. degree.

Humanitarian Work
Gina Gaston and her daughter, Lauren Elie, are the co-founders of the organization Flower Power Gives. They work alongside with close friend Dr.Kelli Cohen Fein and her daughter Jordan Fein.

Personal life
Gaston is married to former Houston Rockets player Mario Elie. In 2003 Gina gave birth to triplets—two boys and one girl, Glenn, Gaston, and Lauren- now aged 14. Gaston took interest in Bikram Yoga in 1999 after being recommended by multiple friends. The hobby has been a favorite pastime ever since.