Sandra Lazo
College Academic Counselor
Aspire Public Schools
Sandra Lazo has been with Aspire Public Schools for 18 years. During that time, she served in different capacities including working with Aspire’s Home Office on the Secondary Team overseeing all of Aspire’s high schools across the 3 regions in California (Bay Area, Central Valley and LA) and coming back full circle to her original site of hire at Aspire Benjamin Holt College Prep Academy in Stockton as their Academic/College Counselor for the last 15 years. With nearly 700 students in 9th-12th grades, Benjamin Holt Academy consists of a very diverse population, predominantly made up of Hispanic, Asian, Black and Caucasian students with over 60% of them being first-generation college students. Sandra has a passion for teaching her students to be strong, independent and resourceful and to make well-informed decisions for their futures, whichever post-secondary pathway that may be. She strives to give them the tools they need to achieve their potential, pursue their passions and make positive contributions to their communities.