Faculty

Rocio Bishop (Myres)

Program Leader
UGLC 344
rmyres2@utep.edu
(915) 747-6520

As a young ESL student Rocio Bishop hated math until she met a math professor who inspired her to change her degree path. Her journey in math instruction started as a math tutor at El Paso Community College while she was still studying for her bachelor’s degree. Once she obtained her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, she started teaching at EPCC as an adjunct math faculty in 2008. In Fall of 2011, Rocio started teaching at UTEP. She later obtained a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction Mathematics. As a Developmental Math Instructor, Rocio has contributed with the department on the development of the co-req math courses and the pedagogy for them. During these years working at UTEP, Rocio has been the tutor and ALEKS coordinator for the department. Rocio’s teaching philosophy is that Developmental Mathematics is the foundation for students to succeed in college math. She believes that by setting a solid foundation in math, students will not fail. She helps all her students learn in meaningful ways so they can be critical thinkers and be successful in college. Rocio loves spending time with her family watching movies.

Marsha Cardenas

Full Time Faculty
Education Building 213A
mghodge@utep.edu
(915) 747-5618

Marsha Cardenas has a B.S. in Education and M.Ed. in Educational Administration.  She worked as a Pre-Kindergarten through High School Principal for 33 years in a local private school and then transitioned to the University in Fall 2010.  Marsha also taught for EPCC both as an adjunct instructor and dual credit courses at her private school.    

Marsha received the Outstanding Advocate for Entering Students Award in 2014.  She assisted in writing the ALEKS Student Notebook for developmental math students at UTEP.  She has acted as departmental coordinator and staff lead for the past several years.    

The lifetime investment in education in El Paso as well as instructional opportunities in K-12, dual credit, and college, provided Marsha with a passion for cohesive math instruction, a deep understanding of mathematics as it relates to life, and a love to serve the borderland area.  She loves teaching math and especially enjoys helping students find their confidence.  She loves to bring passion and enthusiasm into the classroom and is excited to see students learn to construct their own knowledge and learn to harness math as a valuable tool.   

Marsha loves music.  She plays saxophone, flute, and loves to sing.  She loves her family and enjoys being daughter, wife, mom, and “Cha-Cha” to a growing happy family.

Rosa Hernandez

Full Time Faculty
UGLC 324
rmhernandez3@utep.edu
(915) 747-7620

Rosa Hernandez earned her Master of Education in 2005 and has taught math classes for over twenty years. Her teaching experience gives students the confidence and ability to move on to higher-level math courses.   

The border city has given Ms. Hernandez the opportunity to work with a students of diverse learning levels and cultures; her priority has been to be available to students during and after class, personally tutoring, e-mailing and/or answering any questions related to the course. Her goal is to give students the confidence they need to conquer any math course. By using various teaching methods—such as group work, class discussion, open-ended questions, and classroom technology—Ms. Hernandez prepares students to overcome any math fear they may have and helps them to achieve their college goals.  

Ms. Hernandez is an avid scuba diver and has a five-star scuba certification. She has been ninety-five feet underwater and says of this experience, “Life under water is wonderful. A totally different world.”

Israel Martinez

Full Time Faculty
UGLC 324
imartinez6@utep.edu
(915) 747-7625

Israel Martinez Vital was born and raised in Mexico City and moved with his family to Juarez at age of 13 years old. Her earned his Bachelors in Physics Engineering from Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez on 2003, got his Masters in Science on Physics in 2006 and his Ph.D. in material science in 2018 from UTEP. He worked in the industry for 8 years as an R&D engineer and has been teaching college level classes for 15 years at UACJ, ITESM, EPCC and UTEP. He is happily married with his wife Denise, is a huge fan of films (all genres, but especially classic films ) an avid reader and gamer (especially action-adventure games).

Haydee Saucedo

Full Time Faculty
UGLC 324
hamontes@utep.edu
(915) 747-7617

Haydee Saucedo obtained her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering in 2003 and master’s in Manufacturing Engineering in 2009 plus 18 credits of graduate level math courses from UTEP.  

 Mrs. Saucedo taught high school math for 3 years. After that, she started teaching and advising here at UTEP for the College of Science for 4 years. She started working as a full-time lecturer for the Developmental Math department since January of 2015. Currently, as a developmental math lecturer, she has contributed to the development and redesign of new courses, syllabi, and classroom strategies to improve passing rate and learning process. In addition, she is skilled at explaining math concepts to address varied learning levels and modalities. Mrs. Saucedo’s teaching philosophy is that all students are unique and must have a stimulating educational environment where they can grow in every sense and reach their highest potential. She will ensure that students have a safe, structured, and fair learning environment.  

She loves to travel and try new food; her whole life is her daughter.

Administrative Team

Lupe Mercado

Office Supervisor
UGLC 308A
gmmercado@utep.edu
(915) 747-5693

Daniel Halenar

Systems Administrator
UGLC 104
dhalenar@utep.edu
(915) 747-7623