Roxane De La Rosa

Prior to joining Arizona PBS, De La Rosa reported on education, immigration issues and covered local politics. She worked as an intern at Arizona PBS and the Arizona Republic. She ventured off into a journalism career after working as a receptionist at a local NPR station. De La Rosa has a master's degree in mass communication from the Walter Cronkite School of Mass Communication, where she earned her bachelor's in journalism. As a student she was a news reporter for the Cronkite Newsroom. She went on to travel to the Dominican Republic to report on immigration issues, as well as the border wall built along Haiti. Her other passion is sharing onstage stories about her life experiences.

Arizona PBS

Arizona PBS, based at Arizona State University since 1961, serves over one million weekly viewers with educational children's programming, in-depth news, lifelong learning, and arts and culture. Reaching over 80% of Arizonans via translators, cable, and satellite, it ranks among the nation’s most-watched public TV stations per capita. Utilizing television, the Internet, outreach, and community initiatives, Arizona PBS is primarily funded by Arizonans, who contribute more than 60% of its annual budget.