About Ms. Lopez

I love working at Heritage Academy Gateway! We have the best scholars, families, and teachers. I opened this school in 2013 as the one and only math teacher when we had just 49 scholars. It has been amazing to watch our school grow and I am blessed to have been a part of it.

I have a bachelor's degree from ASU in special education, a master's degree from NAU in counseling and am a certified teacher in special education and mathematics.

I've taught math for the last 23 years and covered subjects from 7th grade math to Algebra II. I was not a great math student in high school and that is a big part of why I love teaching this subject. It took a lot of work on my part to figure out how to "learn math" and I really want to help my students figure that out too.

When I am not at school I love spending time with my family, my friends and my animals. My very favorite thing to do in the whole world is travel but I also am an avid reader and fan of movies.