Virginia Strom-Martin (born March 29, 1948) served in the California state Assembly[1][2] from 1996 until she was termed out in 2002.

She was honored with the Upstream Swimmer Award (for environmental service in the face of adversity) from the Sonoma County Conservation Action and was honored by the Sonoma County Environmental Council and the Friends of the Russian River for fisheries advocacy.

The Town Council of Fairfax honored her in the fall of 2002 for her stellar legislative record on the environment and human and civil rights issues.

In 1994, she received, along with five of her colleagues, the Jack London Excellence in Education Award from Sonoma State University for their restructuring efforts and creative classroom curriculum.

For the past 25 years, she has lived on the Russian River in the town of Duncans Mills along with her husband, Donald Martin, and their daughters, Hannah and Caitlin, now college students.