Items of Interest
- Use: the Advisor Handbook to figure it out
- Print: a NM MESA recruitment flyer
- NM MESA Day/MESA USA 2026: tbd
- MESA 2026 competition location: tbd
- NM Tech MESA bots website!
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Central Inner past events page
Upcoming NM MESA Events
09/10-05/31/2026Professional Development Series 2025-2026»
Professional Development Sessions will be held to help MESA teachers with resources through the school year. Instead of in person singular training, we will be utilizing a virtual/hybrid module training…
10/28-10/30/2025Central Inner HS rallies»
Host location => New Space Nexus** ** this is a professional workspace and all students must be on their best behavior To bring: lunch, water bottle, a good attitude, recycled…
10/29-04/30/2026Technology Series 2025-2026»
This Technology Series will be held to help MESA teachers and students with resources to prepare for competitions and for projects through the school year. Advisors can register their students…
Thursday, 11/13/2025CI Middle School rally»
Host location => UNM Valencia campus To bring: lunch, water bottle, a good attitude, recycled plastic bottle caps tentative schedule 9:20-9:30am arrival & nametags 9:30-10am – introductions & plans for…
11/20-11/21/2025CI/NC – trip to Carlsbad Caverns NP & NMSU»
Things to bring: lunch, water bottle, snacks, layers, good walking shoes, a good attitude, & stuff to do (books, movies, homework, napping, games with friends), as well as money for…
04/30-05/01/2026MESA Competitions 2026»
This year our MESA Competition Day will host (2) Competition Tracks, MESA Day and MESA USA. Both tracks will run concurrently during the same event. Please note some guidelines are different for each track.
NM MESA News
NM MESA Announces 2025 Recipients of the Dr. Arthur H. and Joan Guenther Advisor Achievement Award»
08/15/2025 – NM MESA has selected recipients of the 2025 Dr. Arthur H. and Joan Guenther Advisor Achievement Award. Marie Booth and Avery Herrera are this year’s outstanding MESA advisors. Each of these…
NM MESA Guenther Advisor Achievement Award – Accepting 2024-2025 Nominations»
05/07/2025 – Calling all students, parents, administrators, teachers, community members — Let’s think about those great NM MESA advisors from this past school year who continuously gave of their time, passion, caring…
2025 MESA Competition Winners Announced»
05/01/2025 – On April 30, 2025 NM MESA held their MESA Day and MESA USA Annual Competitions on the Expo New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over 600 students competed from…
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Kim Allen Scheerer, EdD
Regional Coordinator
Kim moved to New Mexico’s middle Rio Grande valley in 2006. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Alma College in Michigan and a Masters of Applied Science, Marine Biology from James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. She graduated with her doctorate (EdD) from the Educational Leadership program at UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences. Read Kim’s research on STEM project-based learning education in New Mexico in the 2023 New Mexico Journal of Science, volume 57.
Kimi is a former PADI Dive Master and volunteer at Albuquerque Aquarium’s Invertebrate Touchpool. Prior to joining the MESA team, she worked as an Educational Coordinator along the Rio Grande valley & bosque, and with various environmental education field programs in the Southeast and Caribbean.
Kimberly defines her strengths as the biological sciences and creative engineering, but is interested in and enthusiastic about related STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART & Mathematics) education. She enjoys water experiences, nudibranchs, picnics, gardening, meandering with her rambunctious dog & partner, and traveling!
