Teachers

The Women at Calvary are dedicated to providing the very best in Bible teaching. It is our goal to encourage and challenge you in your walk with the Lord.

Lenya Heitzig

Lenya Heitzig is an award winning author and sought after speaker at conferences and retreats worldwide. She is the coauthor of the first two books in the Fresh Life Series: Live Fearlessly: A Study in the Book of Joshua and Live Intimately: Lessons from the Upper Room. Serving as the director of Women at Calvary, one of the core ministries at Calvary Albuquerque, she delights in seeing God’s Word do His work in the lives of women. Her husband, Skip Heitzig, is the Senior Pastor of the 12,000-member congregation that has been ranked one of the fastest growing churches in America. She received the Gold Medallion Award for co-authoring Pathway to God’s Treasure: Ephesians, which also includes Pathway to God’s Plan: Esther and Pathway to Living Faith: James in the series. She also contributed a number of devotionals to The New Women’s Devotional Bible, which was a finalist in the 2007 Christian Book Awards. Her most recent book, Holy Moments, published by Regal enlightens readers to see God’s hand of providence move miraculously in daily life. Lenya loves jogging with her dog Winston as well as sampling pastries wherever she goes, fulfilling her motto, “Run so you can eat!” She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband Skip and their adult son, Nathan who is a youth pastor.

Carmen Camino

Carmen Camino is originally from Lima, Peru and has been living in the United States for 34 years. She is married and has three children and eight precious grandchildren. Carmen teaches the Bible at the Women at Calvary. Also, as a bilingual Bible teacher, she enjoys teaching at women’s conferences in Mexico and Peru.

Carmen is passionate about helping women encounter God in a whole new way through His Word. Her desire is that women would embrace a radically biblical way of thinking and living and that they would be transformed into the image of Christ.

Penny Pierce Rose

Penny Rose is the Gold Medallion Award winning coauthor of Pathway to God’s Treasure: Ephesians, as well as Pathway to God’s Plan: Esther, and Pathway to Living Faith: James published by Tyndale House. She also coauthored Live Intimately: Lessons from the Upper Room and Live Fearlessly: A Study in the Book of Joshua, the first two books in the Fresh Life Series. She was the General Editor and a devotional writer for Zondervan’s New Women’s Devotional Bible, a finalist for the Christian Book Award and contributed to Zondervan’s True Identity: The Bible for Women. She wrote A Garden of Friends published by Regal as an ode to biblical friendship. A longtime member of the Women at Calvary Steering Committee, Penny thrives on teaching at conferences and retreats nationwide. Penny lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband Kerry, a pastor at Calvary Albuquerque. They have two daughters: Erin and Ryan and one son: Kristian. She loves to spend time with family and friends, read, travel, and take naps.

Christy Willis

Christy has been involved with the Women at Calvary for many years. She is currently serving as a member of the Steering Committee and has been involved with Special Events, Retreats and Bible Studies. Having taught at the women’s prison and on an outreach to Russia, she is excited and honored by any opportunity to teach in the Women’s Ministry.

Christy is the mother of two college age daughters, Summer and Shawna, the stepmother of Erik and the grandmother of five year old Parker. She and her husband, Tom, have been married for 27 years.

Christy’s heart is to love and encourage women of all ages to recognize and accept God’s love, grace, and sovereignty in their lives.

Larissa Lusko

Larissa is a native of New Mexico. She has a passion for the Word of God and a desire to teach women how to find His treasures in scripture. She has taught at women’s prisons in Belize and home Bible studies, led small groups for the School of Ministry and has enjoyed teaching for the Women at Calvary. She has been involved with the Women at Calvary for many years and serves on the steering committee.

Larissa teleworks as a consultant for the humanitarian relief organization, The Joshua Fund. Larissa enjoys travel, scuba diving, cycling, and reading.

Married to Pastor Chip Lusko, Larissa has one son, is the stepmother of five, and has three of the most precious grandchildren on the planet; Alivia (Liv), Lenya, and Jaxon.

Shaena Crespo

Shaena has been a faithful servant of the Women’s Ministry for several years. Along with various areas of involvement in the Bible study, she has been Master of Ceremonies at the annual Women at Calvary Retreat and special guest speaker at the Christmas event, Celebration of Light.

Shaena and husband Nick Crespo have been married for four years and are enjoying the challenges of first-time parenthood as they grow and learn with one-year old Nicholas.

With a love and passion for the Bible, Shaena’s sincere hope is to see women discover a deeper relationship with God and allow His Word to transform their lives.