KARINA B. LOPEZ, PRINCIPAL

Karina Lopez serves the East End neighborhood of Houston, Texas as the Principal of Carrillo Elementary School. 

Mrs. Lopez has been with HISD since 2010. She began her career at Paul Revere Middle School as a seventh-grade math teacher, then became the math department chairperson and a campus instructional coach. While at Revere MS, she received the Teacher of the Year Award and the 2012 Elizabeth Brand Teacher Excellence Award. She also served as magnet coordinator and assistant principal at Hartman Middle School, and as principal of Edison Middle School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Houston and her Masters of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington.