Melanie Lopez

Education
B.A., Religious Studies, University of Arizona

Biography
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Melanie is the Educational Assistant, working with Exceptional Education students to help them be successful within the classroom. Melanie was born in Tucson and raised in Sells, Arizona on the Tohono O'odham reservation. With a passion for learning and the vast support from her family, Melanie became a first generation college graduate with a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Arizona. Searching for her place and purpose after graduation, along with a need for her cultural traditions and community, Melanie found herself going back to her former high school and becoming a paraprofessional within Exceptional Education working with students with a range of disabilities all coming from her community. This is where Melanie found the compassion, empathy, and patience to work within ESS for the past six years. Melanie absolutely loves what she gets to do everyday and enjoys growing and learning the stories of each individual student with whom she works.