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Arthur Lopez
English Teaching Assistantship  |  2022-23

South Korea


Arthur Lopez was born in Santa Fe, N.M., and moved to Rio Rancho at the start of Middle School. Having a passion for studying languages, he decided to pursue a foreign languages degree at the University of New Mexico. Lopez can speak Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, and English. He can also sign American Signed Language. Lopez will graduate in Fall 2022 with Honors College Designation and two bachelor’s degrees: Foreign Languages and Secondary Education. He hopes to become a nomadic teacher that teaches English around the world. Lopez intends to pursue a Ph.D. in education so that he may teach at the college level.