Melissa Wilson - 2025 The WISE Conference EMCEE

News Anchor and Full-time Reporter
FOX 26’s Medical Correspondent

Multiple Emmy Award-winning Melissa Wilson is an anchor for FOX 26 Morning News weekdays. She is also FOX 26’s Medical Correspondent. She spends most afternoons in the Texas Medical Center and surrounding areas, including The Woodlands Medical Center, covering health stories that most affect our community. She also hosts a weekly podcast called ‘Lunch For the Soul’ that is dedicated to medical miracles.

Melissa received her Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from Baylor University. She began her career as the evening anchor at KAUZ-TV in Wichita Falls and then went on to anchor at the 24-hour network, Florida’s News Channel. Houston Woman Magazine named Melissa one of the ‘Top 50 Most Influential Women in Houston’. American Women in Radio and Television nominated Melissa for ‘Personality of the Year’. She has been honored with the prestigious ‘Gracie Award’ and Lone Star Emmy Awards. The Fair Care Center of Houston named Melissa a ‘Living Legend’. The Houston Press named Melissa one of Houston’s ‘Most Beautiful Reporters’ and Health Fitness Revolution named Melissa one of the ‘Most Fit’ reporters in Houston. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and The Society of Professional Journalists.

Melissa loves giving back to our community. She has served on the following Boards of Directors: Children at Risk, Susan G Komen, Lazarus House, March of Dimes, United Way, Harris County Community College Nurse’s Association, ‘Gifts with Heart’, Baylor Business Network, Baylor Fine Arts Department, and the Journalism Advisory Board at Baylor. This year, she hosted her 25th Annual golf tournament for Children at Risk. Melissa is a member of Baylor University Women’s Association and Sigma Kappa’s Alumnae Association. She has been a “Friend” of Escape Family Resource Center, and has volunteered for the Christian Community Service Center and Abandoned Animal Rescue.

Melissa is a huge advocate for childhood cancer awareness, after her son, Caleb, survived leukemia and started treatments in Kindergarten. He’s now a teenager and a true sign of resilience, after recently completing The Woodlands Marathon! Melissa is also getting to re-live the start of her career through her son, Zach, who is now studying Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.

In her spare time, Melissa adores spending quality time with her family. She’s writing a book and enjoys scrapbooking, Pilates, and traveling. She and her husband, David, made sure their boys got to travel to all 50 states in the U.S. and now they’re exploring other countries with their children.

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