Station Manager, Arizona’s Family (3TV, CBS 5, and azfamily.com)
’00 BA in journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Blanca Esparza-Pap is the station manager for Arizona’s Family. In this role, she manages the short- and long-term news and digital and marketing strategy for 3TV, CBS 5 and azfamily.com. Esparza-Pap came to 3TV in 2005 as the community and public relations manager.
During her tenure, 3TV received the coveted Service to America award from the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation and was named an Outstanding Media Organization by the Arizona chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Esparza-Pap also received an Emmy for her work on Project 121, a community campaign in collaboration with the Arizona Humane Society.
Her career has taken her from Arizona to Washington, D.C., working for organizations such as the Intel Corp., Phoenix Baptist Hospital, City of Phoenix, Bush-Cheney ’04 and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Esparza-Pap also worked with the White House as advance staff on various presidential events.