Items of Interest
Upcoming NM MESA Events
01/13-02/25/2022Professional Development Series 2021-2022»
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 module training…
Wednesday, 04/06/2022NM MESA USA State Competition 2022»
New Mexico MESA is proud to announce our 2022 MESA USA State Competition! The theme for the 2021-22 MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition is: Designing for Equity in Your…
04/07-04/08/2022MESA Day Competition 2022»
NM MESA is proud to announce our 2022 MESA Day Competition All of our events will address the topic of Celebrating Invention. NM MESA schools are invited to participate in…
NM MESA News
2021 Towering Above Competition Winners Announced»
12/21/2021 – To View the Slideshow of 2021 Towering Above Winners, Click HERE December 16, 2021 – NM MESA and Sandia National Laboratories partnered to host the Towering Above Competition to challenge…
NM MESA is BACK to SCHOOL!»
08/06/2021 – Educators in the Central Inner (CI) region met at Tiguex Park in late July to regroup, reconnect and STEM it UP! The CI Regional Advisory Meeting (RAM) was the first…
NM MESA Excels at 2021 MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition»
06/28/2021 – This year brought many changes to traditional events and the 2021 MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition was no exception. Held on June 21-22, 2021, winning teams from each MESA…
NM MESA, Inc.
c/o UNM Gallup Branch
Calvin Hall 154
705 Gurley Ave.
Gallup, NM 87301
505-350-9645 cell
844-367-0039 fax
EMAIL
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.