Mrs. Lolita Velez

Mrs. Velez has been an Instructional Assistant for the past few years at SFA, and is now currently the Spanish, Music, and PE teacher.  She was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, and is of Filipino descent.  Mrs. Velez moved to Oregon where she attended Pacific University and fell in love with the Forest Grove area. After discovering her call to work with children, she spent nine years working in early childhood education. 

Mrs. Velez lives with her family in the coast range foothills.  She is an active parishioner of St. Francis where her family sings in the choir and is a member of the Pastoral Council. Her son graduated from St. Francis School.  In her free time, Mrs. Velez enjoys gardening, exercising, music and reading.