Not every day do you meet a young teacher that comes back to his hometown to teach and inspire youth while running his own company, but that is the case with Justis Lopez.
Lopez is a social studies teacher at Manchester High School and the owner of Just Experience, LLC.

First-generation college student and fifth-year master’s student in the Neag School, Justis Lopez, was inspired by his high school teacher, Ms. Heather Banas, to go into teaching. Well prepared through numerous on campus and community activities, Justis has big plans after graduation.

Senior Justis Lopez expected the Neag School of Education to show him how to become a social studies teacher. He did not expect it to shape him into a leader. “One of the many things I’ve learned is how important it is to learn about yourself and find your own identity—how  important it is to […]