She covered Hurricane Matthew and several notable campaign events during the 2016 presidential election.Ariel grew up in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and Spanish. She continued her education at Georgetown University, where she earned a master’s in journalism.Ariel held valuable internships in the sports department at WUSA in Washington, D.C., and the research department at NBC Telemundo in Chicago. She also studied abroad in Spain for a semester.In her free time, Ariel enjoys running, cheering for her Chicago/Northwestern sports teams and going on road trips with her husband. Tweets by ariel_plasencia © 2017 WCNC.COM