Roxanne Sanchez is the co-founder and operator of Nine Lives Thrift, a nonprofit clothing store in Saint Paul focused on reuse, accessibility, and community care. She leads daily operations while building programs that connect clothing directly to people who need it through partnerships with local organizations. Roxanne collaborates with other reuse businesses to redistribute goods and reduce waste across the Twin Cities. She is a former board member of the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council and currently serves as Board President of Trilingua Cinema, where she is helping build a strong, community-rooted board on Saint Paul’s East Side.
Reuse Minnesota was founded in 2012 and is a member-based nonprofit that supports repair, resale, and rental businesses, bringing visibility to the reuse sector as a means to lower our state's impact on the environment.