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Upcoming NM MESA Events
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NM MESA News
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…
NM MESA Announces 2024 Recipients of the Dr. Arthur H. and Joan Guenther Advisor Achievement Award»
08/21/2024 – NM MESA has selected recipients of the 2024 Dr. Arthur H. and Joan Guenther Advisor Achievement Award. Rina Viramontes and Janice Badongen-Patal-E are this year’s outstanding MESA advisors. Each of these two…
Shawndeana Smith
Regional Coordinator
Shawndeana Smith has been the West Region Coordinator with New Mexico MESA for the past fourteen years. As the West Region Coordinator, Shawndeana carries out the duty of assisting schools in her region to promote culturally diverse students excel in the STEM fields. Shawndeana obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Veterinary Science and a minor in Chemistry at The University of Arizona in 2004.
Shawndeana has always had a love for animals, especially horses, and from a very young age she chose, as a way of life, to compete at rodeos in the roping and barrel racing events. Today, Shawndeana is a mother of two sons and a daughter and she is a wife who shares her passion for rodeo with her husband as well.
