Ms. Mendez was born and raised in the Bay Area (Hayward, Ca) and began teaching for the Oakland Unified School District in 2006. She worked at Madison Middle School and Frick Middle School before joining CCPA in 2013. At CCPA Ms. Mendez has taught high school and middle school English, middle school math, and is now working as a Reading Intervention Teacher. She has also coached girls volleyball at CCPA since 2014.