Broadcast journalist Karen Davila recently took to social media to share highlights from her memorable trip to New York City.
What was initially planned as a short and quiet visit turned into a delightful reunion with close friends in the Big Apple.
"A NEW YORK MINUTE 🗽 What I thought would be a short, quiet trip to drop off Lucas to summer school turned out to be a wonderful surprise of friends converging together ✨," she posted on her Instagram page.
The TV Patrol news anchor went on: "From unplanned reunions to being all together to support our very own Sofronio Vasquez’s Town Hall Concert - had the BEST TIME! 🥂"
"Thank you dearest @loidanlewis for having us in your beautiful home ❤️ Love you! And love to you dearest @carissavillacorta 😘."
In her post, Karen shared photos which featured meetups with friends, concert moments, and special bonding time with her son Lucas, including seeing him off at Yale for his summer program.
Karen is currently the anchor of TV Patrol on ABS-CBN and also the host of Headstart on ANC.
In a recent interview with Karmina Constantino on the KC After Hours podcast, Karen shared the life lessons from her parents that shaped her work ethic and mindset through the years.
"My dad told me noon nung papunta na ako ng college, 'Alam mo Karen, the only barrier to you and success is you. You cannot blame anybody. Kapag ikaw if you fail, you can't look at other things, you just have to look at what your role is in that,'" she recalled.
Karen went on: "Number 2, my mother told me: 'Karen wala akong mapapamana sa'yong alahas, pera, lupa, pero if you finish your schooling, you can be anything you want to be but nothing will be served to you on a silver platter. So parang I knew I wasn't entitled to anything. I think that was the mental resilience that I had when I started my career which was in GMA 7 by the way, then eventually I moved to [ABS-CBN]."
Karen has been working on television for three decades now.