Mrs. Saenz was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She attended St. Matthew from PreK-8th grade. She graduated from Incarnate Word High School in 2010. She then attended The University of Texas at San Antonio where she received her degree in bilingual education EC-6. She began her career as a dual language PreK teacher for NEISD. She had the privilege of working with bilingual students for 4 years. She loved teaching, but felt like something was missing. God called her to teach at St. Matthew where she would not only be a teacher to young children, but would be able to practice her faith. She was able to return to her community that she had been a part of for so long. This will be Mrs. Saenz’ second year teaching Prek at St. Matthew. Mrs. Saenz married her high school sweetheart and has been married for 5 years. She has a son named Benjamin who just turned one and two bichon poodles named Lulu and Lola. Mrs. Saenz loves to spend time with family and friends outside of school. She enjoys going on walks, traveling, watching movies, reading, and eating!