Desiree Baltisberger, originally from Ontario California, now living in Austin, Texas, joined WIRB in June of 2023. Before coming to WCG, she worked with special populations throughout Central Texas as a teacher, assisted living director, and residential instructor with Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired. She got her undergrad from Texas State University in 2012 in kinesiology. She has one daughter, one pug, one snake, and is married to John Baltisberger, with whom she runs a small indie book publishing business.