AWO Leadership

Nathan Cheesman

Nathan Cheesman (he/him)
Associate Director of Student Life
Aggie Welcome & Orientation

Kirsten Holles

Kirsten Holles (she/her)
Family Engagement Coordinator, Sr. 

Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor (she/her)
Student Transition Coordinator

Patty Grajeda

Patty Grajeda (she/her)
Administrative Assistant

Ishti Ahmed

(TBD)
Summer NODA Intern

Marianny Sotelo

Marianny Sotelo (she/her)
Student Ambassador
Social Work

Mary Prieto

Mary Prieto (she/her)
Family Ambassador
Political Science & Spanish

Nayeli Nunez

Nayeli Nunez (she/her)
Family Ambassador
Business Marketing 

Nevaeh Smith

Nevaeh Smith (she/her)
Student Ambassador
History and Anthropology

2024 Orientation Leaders

Alexa Naciff

Alexa Naciff (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Business

Alyssa Koller

Alyssa Koller
Las Cruces, NM
Nursing

Benjamin Drake

Benjamin Drake (he/they)
Clovis, NM
Anthropology

Bryan Gonzalez

Bryan Gonzalez (he/him)
Albuquerque, NM
Aerospace Engineering

Cassie Schwager

Cassie Schwager (she/her)
Washington, MI
Linguistics

David Castaneda

David Castaneda (he/him)
El Paso, TX
Digital Film Making

Denisse Delgado

Denisse Delgado (she/her)
Chaparral, NM
Criminal Justice

Edgar Alvarez

Edgar Alvarez (he/him)
Ciudad Juarez, MX
Mechanical Engineering

Eileen Sandoval

Eileen Sandoval (she/her)
Chaparral, NM
Journalism & Media Studies

Geraldine Romero

Geraldine Romero (she/her)
Ciudad Juarez, MX
Actuarial Science & Insurance

Jacob Torrez

Jacob Torrez (he/him)
Las Cruces, NM
Music Education

JD Garcia

JD Garcia
Roswell, NM
Kinesiology

Kaylah Crespin

Kaylah Crespin (she/her)
Las Cruces, NM
Communication Disorders

Kiara Schroeder

Kiara Schroeder (she/her)
Safford, AZ
Electrical Engineering

Kortney Burford

Kortney Burford (she/her)
Dell City, TX
Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism Management

Leah De La Torre

Leah De La Torre (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Journalism & Mass Communication

Leslie Gonzalez

Leslie Gonzalez (she/her)
Chamberino, NM
Chemical Engineering

Liz Sandoval

Liz Sandoval (she/her)
Chaparral, NM
Human Nutrition & Dietetic Science

Matthew Medoza

Matthew Mendoza (he/him)
El Paso, TX
Nursing

Nate Calentine

Andi Calentine (they/them)
Alamogordo, NM
Secondary Education - Social Studies

Pedro Tovar

Pedro Tovar
Boise, ID
Business

Queeny Pel

Queeny Pel (she/her)
Manila, Philippines
Civil Engineering

Rowan Denton

Rowan Denton (they/them)
Albuquerque, NM
Foreign Languages