Christina DeFranco, Neighbor

I&#39;m the Environmental Contributor on Connecticut Public TV&#39;s <strong>All Things Connecticut, </strong>collecting &#34;green&#34; stories for the Treading Lightly segment.  My stories have included everything from an innovative seaweed farm that is cleansing Long Island Sound to a break-through technology at Pratt &amp; Whitney that is changing air travel to a tour of a gourmet chocolate shop that features vegan, gluten-free delights and counts several A-list stars as customers. 

I&#39;ve spent nearly two decades of my professional career in Connecticut broadcasting, reporting for WTNH and Fox, and now CPTV.  I&#39;ve also produced a series on energy efficiency <strong>(</strong><strong>Empowering Connecticut)</strong> as well as documentaries on Children&#39;s Mental Health Care and Cheshire High&#39;s girls swim team that broke the national record for consecutive wins. 

I live in Avon with my husband and 2 sons, Nick (14) and Daniel (12) and spend most of my free time shuttling kids to practice, pacing a sideline, or sitting on a bleacher somewhere in Connecticut.