Roxy Sealy Whitelance from District 11 is the First Language Speaker of the Month. She is the granddaughter of McCormick and Lorene Sealy. Her parents were Leroy J. Sealy, Sr and Mary Sealy.
Roxy has three daughters and one son who is deceased, and two grandchildren. Her parents had five children, three girls and two boys, which are now deceased. Roxy was raised around Choctaw elder speakers and spoke Choctaw daily.
Before his passing, her older brother, Leroy J Sealy Jr. always told her to be proud of her language and to not be ashamed.