About the candidate · Place 5
Meet Miriam
Miriam
Miriam Arora and her husband have called Round Rock home since 2012, raising their two sons in Round Rock ISD and building their life in the community.
Their family’s RRISD journey began at Cactus Ranch Elementary and continues today through the district’s middle and high school years.
Over the years, RRISD has been woven into their family life. Teachers and classrooms. PTA events and carpools. Football games. Friendships. And all the everyday moments that come with raising kids in Round Rock.
Those years are a big part of why she cares so deeply about what comes next for RRISD.
Their family’s RRISD journey began at Cactus Ranch Elementary and continues today through the district’s middle and high school years.
Over the years, RRISD has been woven into their family life. Teachers and classrooms. PTA events and carpools. Football games. Friendships. And all the everyday moments that come with raising kids in Round Rock.
Those years are a big part of why she cares so deeply about what comes next for RRISD.
Connection to RRISD
Miriam has been an active RRISD parent and volunteer for years.
She participated in Leadership Round Rock ISD during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 school years, gaining a closer look at the complexity of operating a large public school district.
At Cactus Ranch, she has participated in PTA activities and school events, supported the campus through her children's publishing work, volunteered at Trunk or Treat and returned as a published author for story time.
After co-writing Red Bird Mighty with her younger son, Miriam saw firsthand what storytelling could do for a child's confidence and voice. That experience eventually grew into Red Bird Mighty, a publishing program designed to help children tell their own stories.
Miriam and her son later presented “Leadership Through Storytelling” at an RRISD Student Leadership Summit for elementary students from across the district.
Today, her family remains immersed in RRISD life, including school athletics, PTA and the RRISD football community.
She participated in Leadership Round Rock ISD during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 school years, gaining a closer look at the complexity of operating a large public school district.
At Cactus Ranch, she has participated in PTA activities and school events, supported the campus through her children's publishing work, volunteered at Trunk or Treat and returned as a published author for story time.
After co-writing Red Bird Mighty with her younger son, Miriam saw firsthand what storytelling could do for a child's confidence and voice. That experience eventually grew into Red Bird Mighty, a publishing program designed to help children tell their own stories.
Miriam and her son later presented “Leadership Through Storytelling” at an RRISD Student Leadership Summit for elementary students from across the district.
Today, her family remains immersed in RRISD life, including school athletics, PTA and the RRISD football community.
Professional leadership experience
Miriam has worked in technology since 2008 and today works in strategic technology partnerships, bringing together major technology companies, enterprise software providers and executive teams.
Her work requires her to negotiate contracts, manage complex partner relationships, reconcile revenue-sharing agreements and build strategies that produce measurable results.
Over three years, she grew a revenue-sharing portfolio from approximately $200,000 to $900,000 and helped connect partnership initiatives to more than $19 million in open business opportunities.
She has also held employee leadership roles focused on mentoring, accessibility and building bridges across teams.
Miriam holds an MBA from Oral Roberts University and is a two-time #1 Amazon bestselling author, including Seven Hidden Strategies and Red Bird Mighty.
Closer to home, she has volunteered in Round Rock tornado-recovery efforts and helped pack backpacks for local students through Celebration Church. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit ministry.
Her work requires her to negotiate contracts, manage complex partner relationships, reconcile revenue-sharing agreements and build strategies that produce measurable results.
Over three years, she grew a revenue-sharing portfolio from approximately $200,000 to $900,000 and helped connect partnership initiatives to more than $19 million in open business opportunities.
She has also held employee leadership roles focused on mentoring, accessibility and building bridges across teams.
Miriam holds an MBA from Oral Roberts University and is a two-time #1 Amazon bestselling author, including Seven Hidden Strategies and Red Bird Mighty.
Closer to home, she has volunteered in Round Rock tornado-recovery efforts and helped pack backpacks for local students through Celebration Church. She also serves on the board of a nonprofit ministry.
Why she is running
Miriam has spent nearly two decades watching technology transform how people work.
Now AI is accelerating that change.
As a parent, that has made one question increasingly important to her:
Are we preparing RRISD students not simply to graduate, but to thrive in the world they are actually entering?
Miriam believes strong academics must remain the foundation. But the students walking into RRISD classrooms today will graduate into a world that also demands adaptability, critical thinking, communication, technological fluency and the ability to keep learning as industries change.
That is the heart of R³:
RIGOR
Strong academics and high expectations for every student.
RESPONSIBILITY
Thoughtful governance, careful stewardship and accountability for the decisions entrusted to the Board.
READINESS
Preparing RRISD students for college, careers, trades, entrepreneurship and a rapidly changing world.
Miriam believes we can be proud of what is working in RRISD while still asking where we can do better.
Now AI is accelerating that change.
As a parent, that has made one question increasingly important to her:
Are we preparing RRISD students not simply to graduate, but to thrive in the world they are actually entering?
Miriam believes strong academics must remain the foundation. But the students walking into RRISD classrooms today will graduate into a world that also demands adaptability, critical thinking, communication, technological fluency and the ability to keep learning as industries change.
That is the heart of R³:
RIGOR
Strong academics and high expectations for every student.
RESPONSIBILITY
Thoughtful governance, careful stewardship and accountability for the decisions entrusted to the Board.
READINESS
Preparing RRISD students for college, careers, trades, entrepreneurship and a rapidly changing world.
Miriam believes we can be proud of what is working in RRISD while still asking where we can do better.
Why “Rebuild” matters
For Miriam, Rebuild has a deeper meaning.
She draws inspiration from the leadership of Nehemiah: before rebuilding the walls, he went out and examined them for himself. He understood the work before asking others to undertake it. Then people came together and rebuilt.
That is the model Miriam wants to bring to public service:
See it. Understand it. Bring people together. Rebuild.
Protect what works.
Be willing to examine what doesn't.
Listen before assuming.
And keep the work centered on the students whose futures depend on the decisions we make today.
She draws inspiration from the leadership of Nehemiah: before rebuilding the walls, he went out and examined them for himself. He understood the work before asking others to undertake it. Then people came together and rebuilt.
That is the model Miriam wants to bring to public service:
See it. Understand it. Bring people together. Rebuild.
Protect what works.
Be willing to examine what doesn't.
Listen before assuming.
And keep the work centered on the students whose futures depend on the decisions we make today.
FOR RRISD.
56 SCHOOLS. ONE DISTRICT. EVERY STUDENT.
Rigor. Responsibility. Readiness.
Rigor. Responsibility. Readiness.