Escuela Cooperativa is excited to have three outstanding teachers. Dulce has been there from the start as the master teacher.
Nancy Ley Hernandez Torres is the assistant teacher for both the 9:00-2:00 program and the after school English language program.
Evelia Padilla joined the team in September 2019 to develop and lead the afterschool English language program

Dulce Aurora Lopez Yanez

Dulce Aurora Lopez Yanez has been the lead teacher since Escuela opened in 2017. She was a tutor in her home community of Zacualpan for 1st through 6th grades. Dulce also taught preschool at Escuela del Mundo in San Pancho for four years. This was a Montessori-based school, and she looks forward to continuing her work in Sayulita. She recently completed an intensive Montessori training program in preparation for leading Escuela Cooperativa.  She is the mother of three and loves working with young children. She is excited to be part of a new school and to build a team with the parents.

Evelia Padilla

Evelia Padilla is a lover of the sea and nature. She loves learning new things and being able to share the knowledge she has. The universe has given  her the opportunity tor work as a language teacher, and she is even more grateful to life because she works with children. Children are people  eager to learn and we adults have a great responsibility to teach them good and productive things. She is excited to be on the Escuela team.

Nancy Ley Hernandez Torres

​Nancy is a teacher of the heart, of vocation more than a title. She loves children, to see and accompany them in all their achievements and stages. She is originally from Mexico City and has lived in Sayulita since 2015. Nancy is the mother of two young children, an older sister of four brothers and an aunt of twelve nephews! She has worked with children her whole life starting as a baby sitter at 15 years old. In Sayulita, she is also known as a nanny.