Carol Johansen has been teaching middle school at St. Mary’s Catholic School for 20 plus years. She received her BA from UNM and attended La Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. Growing up in Albuquerque, she is a proud alumna of St. Pius X.  Carol is a member of the Golden Apple Academy and takes an active role with that organization in advocating for the improvement of education for all New Mexico children. Her favorite thing to do is to spend time with her husband Jim and her adult children Chris and Rachel who lives in Washington DC with her husband Andrew. In her spare time she loves to scrapbook, read, travel and patio dine with friends. Her favorite quote growing up is from her mom, “Carol, your job on earth is to get to Heaven and how will you do it? By loving and praising God and in the process making the world a better place.”