The Real Housewives of New Yorkis (probably) getting a new cast member.

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Quarles previously worked atE!

Newsand, before that, at the Associated Press.

Alicia Quarles

“It was wonderful!”

Quarles toldHaute Livingof her nine years at the Associated Press.

“I call it the grad school of my life…

Alicia Quarles

I cannot say enough about my time there.”

She toldHaute Livingthat one of her earliest inspirations was her father, a newspaper publisher.

“I remember being little and running home to watch 20/20 on Fridays.

Alicia Quarles

I love Christiane Amanpour andBarbara Walters.”

I love the excitement that comes with journalism; you’re not just sitting in your office everyday.

I always knew I wanted to be a journalist."

“I’m a Chanel collector,” she toldE!

“Some people invest in stocks; I invest in Karl and Coco.”

One thing she probably won’t do, though, is get mani-pedis with the other Housewives.

“I do my own nail art,” she said.

I have an LED light and can create almost any design."

Quarles assured the outlet that she hasn’t always been so stylish, though.

When asked about her biggest beauty fail, Quarles admitted that there have been a lot.

Um, no I didn’t.

I looked like a hot mess."