A 1994 honor graduate of North High School, Roxana was active in music, soccer, Key Club, and danceline.  Roxana earned a double major in French and Communication in 1997 from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.  She remained active with music, soccer, and reporting for the campus television and newspaper.

In 1997, she was selected Miss North Dakota; and was a Top Ten Finalist at the Miss America competition, winning the Scholar Award.  In 1999, she completed a Master's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago; and in 2000, Roxana earned a Master's Degree in International Relations from Cambridge University in England.

Roxana has worked in video journalism and reporting for various television stations and agencies in several states and England.  Since 2003, she has served as a free lance journalist representing various international organizations, including the BBC.  She is presently residing in Tehran, Iran, where she reports on the Middle East; and is completing work on a Master's Degree in Iranian Studies a