When Fontaine Glenn was a sophomore at Moniteau High School, she wanted to be a doctor.

“I wanted to work with premature babies and be a surgeon,” Glenn said.

Then during biology class, she and her peers were presented with the task of dissecting a cat.

Glenn quickly reassessed her career goals.

“I couldn't even touch it,” Glenn said. “The smell was so bad.”

Glenn thought perhaps broadcast journalism wouldn't be such a bad career.

Now eight years later, Glenn is a morning anchor, producer and multi-media journalist at WETM in Elmira, N.Y.

She started at the station in August of 2018 and has since been promoted twice.

Her ultimate goal: be a sideline reporter.

“Dan Potash has my dream job,” Glenn said of the Pittsburgh Penguins reporter for AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. “I love sports. I love hockey and always have.”

For now, Glenn is enjoying her many roles at WETM.

She began as a photographer at the station, working behind the scenes.

She was quickly promoted to digital medial content producer and then moved on to the anchor chair.

Never a morning person, Glenn has had to adapt to the 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. to noon shifts she now works.

It's all been worth it, she said.

“I do a little bit of everything,” Glenn said.

When she works her midnight shift, Glenn produces the morning show that airs from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

That includes writing the scripts and doing the intricate balancing act that goes into making sure each segment comes in on time.

“It usually takes me until 3 a.m. to get the show ready and then I have to do hair and makeup,” Glenn said.

The coronavirus has been a challenge.

For several months, Glenn produced the show from her kitchen table.

Even when they returned to the studio, she and her co-anchor, Matt Paddock, were in different parts of the building.

“I moved around a lot,” Glenn said. “I had to split up the scripts and that was an added aspect we had to worry about.”

Glenn said she has settled in well on-air.

“The first morning, it was nerve-racking,” Glenn said. “To be honest, it was a rough start. But since then I have improved immensely. It's a lot more than just reading off a teleprompter.”

It's also about chemistry with the co-anchor and Glenn and Paddock have built that from the start.

Paddock started at WETM a week after Glenn. The two became good friends inside and outside of the studio.

“It's good,” Glenn said. “We've been friends since the jump.”

Jumping is what first got Glenn interested in sports.

A standout basketball player at Moniteau — she averaged 10.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 4.2 steals during her senior year for the Warriors in 2013-14 — Glenn moved on to Penn State Behrend where she starred for three years.

Glenn attended the main campus at Penn State for her senior year and graduated from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications with a degree in broadcast journalism.

“There are times when I wondered if I should have gone to the main campus earlier, but I would have missed out on an amazing experience at Behrend,” Glenn said. “I met some of my best friends. I still talk to my teammates almost daily. I wouldn't trade it for the world.”

Glenn said the work ethic she learned at Behrend has helped her today.

“People under-appreciate Division III athletes,” Glenn said. “Now, I miss it.”

Glenn still plays basketball whenever she can, playing pick-up games when she visits friends in Erie or during her time off in Elmira.

Glenn doesn't know where the future will take her. She's enjoying the ride.

“I'm in a great place,” Glenn said. “I'm on-air Monday through Friday and I have the weekends off, which is something people just starting out rarely get. I'm just soaking up all the knowledge I can.”