I  started teaching in 1975 in Ringgold Elementary.

I have taught 5^th Grade Math and Reading, 2^nd Grade, 1^st Grade, Reading Resource Teacher, 4^th Garde, and am currently teaching 5^th Grade Math, Writing, and Grammar.

I remarried in 1977 to Juan Colin Lopez.  We have three children:  Daniel Roberto Vasquez, Janik Marie Lopez, and Juan Adrian Lopez.  All three graduated from Rio High School.  Our two sons are self-employed and Janik works in the RGCCISD in Ringgold Elementary.  We have twenty grandchildren, one great-granddaughter Tansy Oak Solis and one great-grandson- Nolan Lopez. My mom is Isabel Rodriguez and lives in Santa Rosa, Tx.  My half- brother, Noe Rodriguez, is a retired captain in the Navy and lives in Anaheim,California.  My brothers, Fernando and Jesus Rodriguez, are retired educators.  My sister, Isabel Christina Gonzalez, lives with my mom.