Alma Lopez, who worked for the UCLA ECE Krieger Center for 17 years and spent two years working in the same classroom as Rodriguez, was called to the stand. In her time working with him, she said she has never seen him engage in inappropriate conduct with a student. When asked if she complained about Rodriguez to the director prior to being switched to a different classroom, she said she had not. Lopez described Rodriguez as someone who “made you feel a part of the group,” and said that although she had issues with him, she “always worked them out.”