To Celebrate a Life of Love: Maria Guadalupe Lloyd

August 27, 1951-February 6, 2022

Maria “Lupe” Guadalupe was born in Mexico City on August 27, 1951. At a young age, Lupe, along with her parents, Carlos and Maria Luisa, and her older brother Carlos, left Mexico and started a new life in the USA. The young family settled in Harlingen and later in Corpus Christi. As a young child, Lupe loved learning and excelled in school. She graduated from Foy H. Moody High School in Corpus Christi and then received her B.A. in Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She then completed her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Texas-San Antonio. As a young teacher, she taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to many young students in the San Antonio area. Her years in the classroom made her a champion for bilingual education and for creating opportunities for all children. Her education consulting firm, Lupe Lloyd and Associates, provided teacher training for over three decades. Her company and focused leadership helped shape bilingual education and dual language programs in the American Southwest and beyond.

She is preceded in death by her son, Roger Anthony “Tony” Lloyd and her father, Carlos R. Nieto, and her baby sister Graciela Nieto. Lupe is survived by her husband, Juan Perez Rivera; her son, Jack Nicholas Lloyd; her mother, Maria Luisa Nieto; her brothers and sisters, Dr. Carlos Nieto and his wife, Suzy, Mary Lou Thompson and her husband, Michael, Cathy Nieto D’anna, Fernando Nieto and his wife, Sonia and Dr. Robert Nieto and his wife, Gloria; step-children, Juan Raul Rivera, Laxmye Bass and her husband, Joshua and Roxana Aguilar; step-grandchildren, Gabby, Ricky, Anthony, Jazzy, Elijah, Jaelyn, Penny and Jocelyn; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

The funeral Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church at 11:30 am on Monday, February 14, 2022.