Laurie Lopez Coleman serves as Director of the Honors Academy Program and Professor of English at San Antonio College. In this role, she oversees the recruitment and program completion of students in the program. She teaches Composition I and II and Technical Writing. She is dedicated to teaching as a means of supporting literacy and a love of reading and writing in her students. She strives to enrich her courses through learning communities and badging opportunities for her students, as well

as making college more affordable through the adoption of free or low-cost instructional materials. She is DREAMER ally trained, an ACUE credentialed educator, a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer, and an Alamo Colleges Badge Specialist. She is a 2019 NISOD Excellence Award recipient and recognized by her College in 2017 during National Distance Learning Week for exceptional leadership in the distance learning field. She serves on multiple department, college, and district committees that support her advocacy of student success. For nine years, she served as the co-coordinator of the San Antonio College Multicultural Conference.

She is a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University where she received her Master of Arts in English and Bachelor of Arts in English Education. She holds a Secondary Texas Teacher Certification and taught junior English at Southside High School and middle school Language Arts at Gus Garcia Junior High in San Antonio, Texas.