Ixchel Lopez-Durant is a Theatre Arts teacher at La Pietra – Hawai‘i School for Girls, teaching classes like Theatre Arts, Creative Writing, and Life Skills. Mrs. Lopez-Durant studied Musical Theatre and Theatre Arts at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She also earned her Master of Science in Strategic Communication, with a focus in building arts non-profits, from Purdue University.

Did you know? Mrs. Lopez-Durant has always wanted to work in the performing arts, but there was a brief time where she also wanted to be an FBI Agent and specialize in forensics. Today, she's happy to stick to escape rooms and true crime podcasts! Although she did play Leti Reyes, the forensic tech, on Season 4 of Magnum, P.I.

You can read more about Mrs. Lopez-Durant in the 2023 Women's Issue of HONOLULU Magazine here.