Dr. Lopez has 28 years of proven experience as an educational leader with a strong history of creating high functioning teams ensuring effective leadership of school and district level operations.

She began her career in PISD as a teacher at Beverly Hills Intermediate, then progressed to the role of assistant principal there. She went on to be named Principal at Thompson Intermediate where she was once recognized as the Pasadena ISD Secondary Principal of the Year.

She progressed to Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction where she pioneered Pasadena Personalized Learning which laid the foundation for the current Portrait of a Graduate model that drives academic decision making in Pasadena ISD today.

Dr. Lopez later became the Associate Superintendent of Human Resources she worked diligently to hire qualified candidates and retain fundamentally vital employees.

During her three (3) year leadership as Deputy Superintendent of Staff and Academic Achievement, all 6 high schools ranked as best High Schools in US News and World Report and College Career and Military Readiness increased by 16%.