Written By: Maya Perry

Amelia De Vita is Mid-Day Jock - Big 105.9 in South Florida. But before she came to Florida, she was just a woman in radio from down under. “I’m from Australia so there was an instant move towards that as part of my persona, I do have little Australian colloquialisms when I speak. My brand is young, fun and foreign which is relatable to so many of my listeners here in South Florida.”

She describes her start in radio while growing up in Australia. “I did a degree in Applied Media and Communications in Australia. I was sitting in a lecture with a guest speaker, a man who was the General Manager of a popular radio station down under. When the lecture finished and all the students left, I went up to the front and told the guest speaker I would love to volunteer and get some work experience. He agreed and I worked there for free for a few months before they put me on the payroll as a street teamer and a panel op.”

Amelia De Vita is simply a testimony that “Good things come to those who HUSTLE! Continue to work hard, it will be worth it.” She concludes our interview with a quote she lives by. “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it's stupid. “Figure out what your best skill is and focus on that, lean into that and sell that because you’ll only waste time on anything else. Know that you CAN take on the world, BELIEVE in yourself and get it, girl!”