AWO Leadership

Nathan Cheesman

Nathan Cheesman (he/him)
Associate Director of Admissions:
Orientation & Visit Experience

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

Andrea McGrath

Andrea McGrath (she/her)
Graduate NODA Intern
Higher Education & Student Affairs

Anncy Najac

Anncy-Berthe Najac (she/her)
Graduate NODA Intern
Higher Education and
Public Policy Administration

Jakob Green

Jakob Green (he/him)
Student Transition Ambassador
Kinesiology & Biology

Alyssa Koller

Alyssa Koller
Family Engagement Ambassador
Nursing

Nevaeh Smith

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

2025 Orientation Leaders

Jackie Beckett

Jackie Beckett (she/her)
Albuquerque, NM
Criminal Justice and Law & Society

Andi Calentine

Andi Calentine (she/they)
Alamogordo, NM
History

Daniela Castaneda

Daniela Castaneda (she/her)
Las Cruces, NM
General Agriculture

Abril Correa Zuniga

Abril Correa-Zuniga
Santa Teresa, NM
Criminal Justice

Alize Cruz Sanchez

Alize Cruz Sanchez (she/her)
Edgewood, NM
Psychology

Leah De La Torre

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

Rowan Denton

Rowan Denton (she/they)
Albuquerque, NM
Anthropology

Andrea Dominguez

Andrea Dominguez (she/her)
Santa Teresa, NM
Criminal Justice

Erik Gchachu

Erik Gchachu (he/him)
Zuni, NM
Information & Communication
Technology

CC Hernandez

CC Hernandez
Carlsbad, NM
International Business

Vanya Hobbs

Vanya Hobbs (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Biology

Cameron Hodges

Cameron Hodges (she/her)
Conyers, GA
Kinesiology

Victoria Jimenez

Victoria Jimenez (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Communication Disorders

Tabitha Martinez

Tabitha Martinez
El Paso, TX
Psychology

Matthew Mendoza

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

Mariel Munoz

Mariel Munoz (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Nursing

Holden Nguyen

Holden Nguyen (he/him)
Las Cruces, NM
Computer Engineering

Amanda Precie

Amanda Precie (she/her)
Banning, CA
Psychology

Karla Daniela Reyes Pipper

Karla Daniela Reyes Pipper
Cuauhtemoc, CHH, MX
Aerospace Engineering

Journey Roberson

Journey Roberson (she/he/they)
Artesia, NM
Management

Liz Sandoval

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

Maya Sands

Maya Sands (she/her)
El Paso, TX
Digital Film Making

Alex Smith

Alex Smith (he/they)
Rio Rancho, NM
Theatre Arts

Shane Stefek

Shane Stefek
Farmington, NM
Information & Communication
Technology

Pedro Tovar

Pedro Tovar
Boise, ID
Psychology

Caelyn Williamson

Caelyn Williamson (she/her)
Farmington, NM
Social Work