Briceyda Landaverde is a reporter for NBC Connecticut. She can be seen during the early evening weekly newscast.
Briceyda has a passion for storytelling and connecting with the community. She covers general assignments and some of the biggest stories in Connecticut.
Briceyda, also known as Bri, joined the team in June of 2022 as a bilingual reporter. Previously, she was a weekend morning anchor and reporter in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she helped launch an online news update in Spanish. The New York native started her career on Long Island as a photojournalist.
In 2016, Briceyda graduated from Stony Brook University. As a student journalist she traveled to Cuba, during the brief period when the travel ban was lifted, and reported on Wi-Fi accessibility on the island.
During her free time, Briceyda enjoys finding new adventures in Connecticut. When the weather permits, you can find her outside taking a walk or hike. She also likes to travel across the Long Island Sound to visit her parents, sisters and friends.
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Preparations underway for UConn women's basketball team victory parade
Husky nation will pour into the capitol city on Saturday to celebrate the national champions. “We are so proud of the UConn women, winning in such dominant fashion,” Mayor Arunan Arulampalam (D-Hartford) said. For the third consecutive year, there will be a victory parade in Hartford. The UConn men’s basketball team won the NCAA championship the last two years...
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Yale New Haven Hospital performs ankle surgery with patient awake
Allison Aviles, of New Britain, has suffered back-to-back ankle injuries. Last fall, she had surgery after tearing a tendon and then she fell on the same ankle. “Six weeks post-op, I had gotten my boot off, I was in regular sneakers and then I fell on it by missing a stair,” Aviles said. The 26-year-old said she was in agony…
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New program helps mid-career Hartford HealthCare employees transition into nursing
Hartford HealthCare and Quinnipiac University are teaming up to launch the New Careers in Nursing Program, a two-year accelerated initiative designed to help mid-career professionals transition into the nursing field. The program aims to address a growing need for more registered nurses. Kenisha Messam is one of 17 students in the first cohort of the New Careers in Nursing Program….
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Afro-Latina woman creates grief podcast to connect community
Mimi Gonzalez has lost 36 people in her life. Her father being one of the first, her best friend, grandfather and most recently, her aunt. “I’m dealing with fresh grief in real time and my aunt’s name was Gethzayda Cruz and it’s been really hard on my family so everything I do, I am just doing it for her,...
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Pitbull mix makes recovery in Hamden neglect case and gets adopted
After months of recovery, Rosie is now in her new home. “She’s really just living the way she should be,” Where the Love Is Animal Shelter event coordinator Kiley Treloar said. NBC Connecticut first introduced you to the Pitbull mix, Ryder, in November. Her new parents decided to rename her Rosie, saying in a statement, “because she truly deserves...
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Little Miss Puerto Rico of Greater Hartford to appear in Disney show
Lyla-Grace Arzuaga enjoys the big stage. “I like watching my favorite celebrities on TV and I feel like I’m going to be like them one day,” Lyla-Grace Arzuaga, of Bristol, said. The 8-year-old has a goal of one day winning an Oscar. So far, she has built a resume full of modeling. “She did her first print model job...
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Hartford native opens traveling mobile café Hasta Luego Friend
Evy Ruiz is serving up comfort in every cup of coffee. Last year, she opened up her own mobile café, Hasta Luego Cafe, which translates to “see you later friend.” “I named it Hasta Luego Friend because I never imagined myself returning back home and you know that you never say goodbye to anyone, you always return and it’s...
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DCF offers free prom dresses and tuxedos to families
There are racks of free prom dresses inside The Shoppes at Buckland Hills ready to be picked up. “Really there is every size and every style so I believe that all young girls will find something they love here,” DCF Community Outreach Coordinator Jacqueline Ford said. It’s all part of a new initiative by the Connecticut Department of Children...
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New ‘patient navigators' aim to help connect people to healthcare resources
Expanding healthcare beyond the walls of a hospital – that’s the shared goal between the CVS Health Foundation and the Hispanic Health Council and its 19 partners. “We address not just healthcare needs but also the social determinants of health that impact people’s ability to get healthcare, whether that is transportation, whether that is food, whether that is understanding how…
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Hartford Lions Soccer Academy to host inaugural fundraiser at Dunkin' Park
Kenniel Martin’s story begins in Jamaica. He was born and later learned to play soccer on the island. Martin still remembers a school principal who taught him it’s important to think beyond the sport. “Because at the end of the day soccer can only do so much, but when you focus on the human being, the person, it has...
