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CARLOS LOPEZ
Profile
El Toro Carniceria and Taqueria is a
hole-in-the-wall secret for most Santa Ana locals.
For Carlos Lopez, it’s a reminder of
his childhood Saturdays, when he
would line up with his parents for a
hot pot of breakfast menudo.
Lopez found himself drawn back to
the community years after moving
away to the Coachella Valley. He is
Santa Ana College’s new vice president of Academic Affairs.
“There’s a lot of great things going
on here at Santa Ana College. The
faculty is really focused on students
and student success,” Lopez said.
A product of the community college system and the grandson of
migrant farm workers, Lopez is well
aware of the obstacles students face.
“I have had a lot of peers that I
went to community college with
who started there but never finished
so I had that experience with friends
personally,” Lopez said.
One of the Lopez’s passions is getting students to advance through
the developmental sequences more
quickly and to prepare students for
transfer. / KEVIN VASQUEZ
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Saudi Arabia, addressing the academic senate of Santa Ana College in 2015, in an effort to justify the deal. / Liz Monroy / el Don
DISTRICT / BY JOSE SERVIN
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