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She spent 31 years as a teacher and principal in the Texas Hill Country — every campus she led earned a top rating. Then she retired and immediately ran for the Texas House.
Fox holds a PhD and has lived in the Hill Country for more than 40 years. After retiring in June 2023, she became executive director of Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels. She and her wife Lisa have raised two children — one a teacher, one a paramedic.
