About Roxanne Martinez
Education Champion • Nonprofit Leader • Community Advocate • Youth Mentor • Mom • Lifelong Learner
Born and raised in the Diamond Hill neighborhood of Fort Worth, Roxanne is a proud product of Fort Worth ISD schools. She is also a Fort Worth ISD parent. Elected as a school board trustee in 2021, Roxanne currently serves as Fort Worth ISD School Board President.
Professionally, Roxanne works as a marketing communications director, managing digital marketing for mission-driven organizations. Roxanne also leads a local youth-serving nonprofit organization, where she has served as a board member, coach and youth mentor for over a decade.
Prior to being elected to school board, Roxanne was an active member of her local PTA chapter, led the Diamond Hill Jarvis Athletics Booster Club, served on the District Advisory Committee and served on school-based decision-making committees for two neighborhood campuses. Since joining the school board, Roxanne has completed Harvard University's Accelerating Board Capacity (ABC) Institute, TASB's Board Officer Institute and is currently a School Board Partners Fellow.
Roxanne’s past board service also includes the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (Fort Worth Chapter) and Diamond Hill Jarvis Heritage Foundation. In addition, Roxanne has volunteered within City of Fort Worth community centers and with Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center, serving youth and families through annual back to school events and resource fairs.
Roxanne was named one of Fort Worth's 50 Latino Leaders by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber. She was honored with the Bold Woman Award by Girls Inc. of Tarrant County in 2022. Roxanne was named one of CW33’s Remarkable Women of the Year in 2021 and she was recognized with the Chairman’s Award by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber in 2020. In 2018, Roxanne was recognized as a Great Women of Texas honoree by the Fort Worth Business Press.
Roxanne is a 1998 graduate of Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School. Roxanne earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism & Communications from the University of Florida and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing Management from the University of Dallas. Roxanne is a proud member of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.