Mallory Fix-Lopez

Mallory Fix-Lopez is currently an Assistant Professor of English-ESL (English as a Second Language) at the Community College of Philadelphia and is an adjunct faculty member in Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Fix-Lopez also regularly consults with biomedical research institutions across the United States to support professional development efforts focused on effective science communication for their international researchers.

Ms. Fix-Lopez has been an educator in Philadelphia for more than 15 years, having started her career as an educator in the School District of Philadelphia as a high school social studies teacher. Ms. Fix-Lopez has also worked in the areas of curriculum design and program management, served as a faculty member of education at several local institutions of higher education, and taught middle school in Mexico.

Ms. Fix-Lopez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education History and a Master of Science degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Temple University. Ms. Fix-Lopez lives in South Philadelphia with her husband, Juan, and two children, Santiago (a first grade student at George W. Childs School) and Veda.