Mrs. Ochoa has been teaching at Hillcrest P.D.S for 14 years. Prior to that, she taught first-grade for five years and then served as a gifted and talented teacher for five years with Waco ISD. Mrs. Ochoa has an associate’s degree in child development. She has a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction in education with an endorsement in gifted and talented education from Baylor University and she is currently working on her dissertation to complete her doctoral degree in education psychology also from Baylor University.