About Ms. Lopez

Name: Cindy Lopez

Website: www.teacherweb.com/ca/stjohn/science

Email: sciencequestions@earthlink.net

School Phone: 510-234-2244

Education and Experience

Ms. Lopez received her BA in Zoology and Physiology from Rutgers University  
and a MBA from San Francisco State University.  She loves science and has 
taken a wide variety of science classes outside her field of study. 

She worked for 15 years at Bio-Rad Laboratories starting in manufacturing as 
a chemist and moving into marketing and product management.  Her areas of 
focus were molecular biology, protein separations, and carbohydrate 
analysis.  

In 1998 she left work to stay home and raise her two sons.  She volunteered 
in PTA/PTG, Science Fairs, Junior Achievement, Boy Scouts and various sports 
clubs.  She began teaching middle school science at St. John the Baptist 
School in 2006.   

Her hobbies and interests include scrapbooking, Jazzercise, reading, 
camping, watching movies, and listening to music.

Love of Learning

My goal is to share the wonder of science with my students and to promote 
the joy of life long learning in them.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression 
and knowledge.  -Albert Einstein

Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education.  -Martin 
Luther King, Jr.

I am still learning.  -Michelangelo