Ms. Alvarez, East Los High

Ms. Alvarez (Catherine Lazo)

Ms. Alvarez was the principal at the titular school in the teen drama East Los High.

In Season 2, episode 8, it was revealed she was a lesbian when she was shown providing support for recently outed student Jocelyn, and she told Jocelyn how lonely she had felt when she, herself, came out.

She only had a brief appearance in the season 4 premiere.

Appearances:

• 15 episodes.

No female love interests

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.