Lynn Boswell

Lynn Boswell is a longtime advocate for policies that improve the lives of students and families. She served as president of the Austin Council of PTAs for two years, supporting efforts that earned national recognition for advocacy and equity work in AISD. As a leader of Just Fund It TX, Lynn engages advocates across the state to seek more funding for Texas public schools. She has also served on the District Advisory Council, the City of Austin’s Juvenile Justice Workgroup, and the Travis County Census Complete Count Committee.

After attending public schools in San Antonio, Lynn earned degrees in journalism and Latin American Studies from SMU and a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law. She is an award-winning broadcast journalist, with experience as a New York-based producer for NBC News and a series producer for KLRU-TV, Austin’s PBS station. Lynn now makes independent documentaries. She is also a longtime mentor with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. Her work gives her a strong belief in the power of stories and the value of listening to diverse perspectives.

Lynn’s family includes her husband, two kids, and three dogs. Her daughter is an AISD senior. Her son, a 2017 AISD graduate, studies behavioral biology—a field he discovered in a seventh-grade AISD science class.