Carol Silva, News 12 Reporter And Hicksville Native, Beats Cancer

HICKSVILLE, NY — If you were looking for a bit of good news in 2020, here it is: Carol Silva, a Hicksville native and award-winning reporter for News12 Long Island, is cancer free.

In a video posted to her Facebook page Friday, Silva said she was back, "big time," exactly one year after she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. The golf ball-sized tumor spread to a dozen tumors in her brain, she said. At the time, Silva turned to her viewers and community for support.

"For some reason I couldn't pray for myself," she said. "So I reached out. I asked all of you if you would pray for me, or send me positive thoughts or good juju — I would take it all."

However, she prayed for her doctors to "get it right."

"Guess what?" she asked. "They have! I have been told I am cancer free! Isn't that amazing?!"

Silva, 66, credited her healing with her faith, family, friends, luck and medical treatment she received.

Her plan now? Continue to grow her soul and do more good in the community.

"It's my life's mission and I just have to say thank you," she said.

Silva began anchoring at News 12 Long Island in 1987. The news comes 10 months after the legendary news anchor signed off for the last time in a tearful farewell after 33 years at the station.

Silva has won numerous awards, including three Emmys and more than 30 New York State Associated Press Awards, during her career. The Girl Scouts of America honored Silva with its highest award given to an adult, the "Juliette Low Award," for her volunteer work.

News 12 honored Silva by renaming its studio in her honor. The studio is now known as the Carol Silva Studio.