Lakatriona Brunson

Lakatriona Brunson was born and raised in Miami, Florida.[1] She attended Miami Northwestern Senior High School[1] in the 1990s, where she excelled in track and field and basketball. She continued competing in college, both in track and field and as a power forward[2] on the basketball team at Tennessee State University.

Brunson is widely known for her performances as Bernice, a tow truck operator, on the docudrama TV series South Beach Tow. The show, shown in reality TV format (although some portions are reenactments), based itself on the operations of a towing operation in southern Florida, Tremont Towing. Bernice's character traits include disposing of unruly members of the public and referring to herself in the third-person. She is known for wearing sunglasses in her TV role and otherwise,[3] Although Tremont Towing is an actual towing company used by the city of Miami Beach for towing illegally parked cars,[4] the show's cast were fictionalized employees.

Brunson continued competing athletically as a defensive end for the Miami Fury football team of the Independent Women's Football League.[2]

Brunson is also a certified physical education teacher. When she was named head coach of the Miami Jackson High School football team in February 2016, she became the first female football coach in Florida.[5][2] Brunson coached girls' flag football at Jackson and was an assistant coach for the girls' basketball team.[2] Luther Campbell, known internationally as rapper Luke Skyywalker of the 1980s group 2 Live Crew, was hired as an assistant coach[5] and was a defensive coordinator.[3] However, he resigned his position after nine months.[3] Brunson has known Campbell since her childhood.[2]

Brunson has remained a resident of Miami.[1]

• Lakatriona Brunson on IMDb