Items of Interest
Upcoming NM MESA Events
01/11-03/05/2021NM MESA USA Microprocessor Trainings and Support»
(2) Professional Development Sessions will be held to help MESA teachers prepare for the MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition. For the competition, student teams will identify an individual or…
Monday, 02/01/2021Professional Development Series 2020-2021»
(3) Professional Development Sessions will be held to help MESA teachers navigate a different type of school year. Instead of in person singular training, we will be utilizing a virtual…
04/13-04/15/2021MESA Day Competition 2021»
NM MESA is proud to announce our 2021 Virtual MESA Day Competition Equity is hard to achieve and the difference between equality and equity are important. Although both promote fairness, equality…
04/20-04/22/2021NM MESA USA State Competition 2021»
New Mexico MESA is proud to announce our Virtual 2021 MESA USA State Competition! The theme for the 2020-21 MESA USA National Engineering Design Competition is: Designing for Equity. For…
NM MESA News
Towering Above Competition Winners Announced»
12/11/2020 – For a Downloadable Press Release, Click HERE For a Video Showcase of all of our Winners, Click HERE December 11, 2020 – NM MESA, Sandia National Laboratories, and Los Alamos…
NM MESA Partners with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories to Host Virtual Student Competition»
10/29/2020 – October 30, 2020 – NM MESA, Sandia National Laboratories, and Los Alamos National Laboratory are partnering to host the Towering Above Competition where students in middle and high school will…
NM MESA to Award $113,239 to 2020 Graduating Seniors for Loyalty Award»
09/29/2020 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Congratulations to our 2020 Loyalty Award Recipients! 144 students from our NM MESA High Schools earned $113,239 to be used for their secondary education expenses. To be eligible…
NM MESA, Inc.
c/o UNM Gallup Branch
Calvin Hall 154
705 Gurley Ave.
Gallup, NM 87301
505-350-9645 cell
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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.