Anita Martinez, longtime Dallas advocate and barrier-breaking council member, dies at 100 years old

Name: Anita Martinez, longtime Dallas advocate and barrier-breaking council member, dies at 100 years old
Uploaded: 2026-04-14T16:24:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 21 s
Description: Anita Nanez Martinez, a barrier-breaking Dallas civic leader, has died at 100, the cultural arts organization she founded confirmed Sunday. Born in 1925, Martinez lived in the west Dallas neighborhood still known by many as "Little Mexico". She would go on to marry Al Martinez, from the famed El Fenix restaurant family, and raise four children.

Anita Nanez Martinez, a barrier-breaking Dallas civic leader, has died at 100, the cultural arts organization she founded confirmed Sunday. Born in 1925, Martinez lived in the west Dallas neighborhood still known by many as "Little Mexico". She would go on to marry Al Martinez, from the famed El Fenix restaurant family, and raise four children.