Items of Interest
Upcoming NM MESA Events
10/04-12/16/2024MESA Buddies Program 2024»
MESA Buddies is a mentor program in which a MESA high school collaborates with a local elementary classroom (grades 2-5) to provide supplemental STEAM instruction and mentorship. Below you will…
04/06-04/09/2025Senior Incentive Field Trip 2025»
The Senior Incentive Field Trip (SIFT) has been scheduled for April 6-9, 2025 to Nashville, TN – Huntsville, AL! Up to 20 seniors and 2-4 advisor chaperones from our NM…
Wednesday, 04/30/2025MESA Competitions 2025»
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…
NM MESA News
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…
NM MESA Guenther Advisor Achievement Award – Accepting 2023-2024 Nominations»
05/08/2024 – 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…
2024 NM MESA Day Winners Announced»
05/01/2024 – Congratulations to all of our participating teams in our 2024 NM MESA Day. The event was held in Albuquerque, NM on April 30, 2024 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. For…
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.
