Items of Interest
Upcoming NM MESA Events
10/26-10/30/2020NM 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…
11/09-11/13/2020College and Career Pathways Conference»
Join us for our 1st ever College and Career Pathways Conference. This is a week long virtual conference for High School Students to select and participate in sessions via zoom. …
Friday, 12/11/2020Towering Above Virtual Engineering Competition»
NM MESA is proud to present a NEW Virtual Competition in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory. “Towering Above” will allow students in grades 6-12 to…
Monday, 03/29/2021NM MESA USA State Competition 2021»
IMPORTANT LOGISTICS NOTE: Final Event Logistics are Not Currently Available. See Below for Event Information and Competition Preview (Download PDF HERE): The theme for the 2020-21 MESA USA National Engineering…
Monday, 03/29/2021MESA Day Competition 2021»
The Final Event Handbook is Not Currently Available. See Below for a Competition Preview (Download PDF HERE): IMPORTANT DATES: October 26, 2020-Final Event Date(s) Finalized November 30, 2020-Handbook Released December…
NM MESA News
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…
MESA Seniors Class of 2020 We Celebrate You!»
05/13/2020 – MESA class of 2020, please upload your graduation picture to this link: http://www.cvent.com/d/hnqbmj We will present a slide show of all our graduated 2020 Seniors in June. They will also be…
MarineLab Zoom webinar: Coral Reef Ecology»
04/14/2020 – MarineLab Zoom webinar => Coral Reef Ecology. NOTE: MarineLab is hosting this event in place of our previously planned 2020 Senior Incentive Field Trip (SIFT) activity. Date/Time: Thursday, April 16 @ 11AM MST (Mountain…
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.