Alma Lopez, lead school counselor at Livingston Middle School in Livingston, California, was named 2022 School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association. A graduate of California State University, Fresno, Lopez has been a school counselor for 16 years and serves as Livingston Unified School District’s school counseling coordinator. Lopez, a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) reviewer, serves on the California Association of School Counselors Board of Directors. In 2018, she received the city of Livingston’s “You Make Us Proud Award” and helped her school achieve RAMP status.