Carla Wade attended the University of Oklahoma as a National Merit Scholarship and graduated with B.A. in Journalism and minor in History.

She comes to the Bluegrass State after working as an anchor and reporter at the ABC affiliates in Lawton, Oklahoma and Little Rock, Arkansas.

She is the winner of an Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters Award for her reporting and has had news articles published in national magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and Essence.

She enjoys the natural beauty of Kentucky and loves attending the Derby and hanging out at Keeneland.