FILE - Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall directs his players during the second half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against Clemson in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Mendenhall will coach against his former team, the BYU Cougars, in a game scheduled for Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Norma Gonzalez, a Texas native, joined The Tribune by way of Arizona. A 2014 graduate of the University of Texas-Pan American, Norma has reported on sports since high school. Some of her former live include being a cake decorator, an educator and Olive Garden server. The unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks still occasionally haunt her dreams.