Daily Lobo 12/12/2022

Graduating students share their fear of the unknown after college

By Annya Loya @annyaloya

With fall graduation just around the corner, students graduating from the University of New Mexico and other universities may encounter a new set of obstacles upon completing their current college career.

JahJett-Lyn Chavez will be graduating with two degrees: one in family and child studies and another in psychology. Chavez’s biggest concern after graduating is being able to pay for graduate school.

Chavez intends to continue her education through the graduate program at UNM but worries about the lack of scholarships available for graduate students. She said she was able to pay the entirety of her undergraduate degrees via scholarships, but she won’t be able to do the same for her master’s degree.

“That’s a huge concern, and now I have to take out student loans, and the process is just terrible,” Chavez said.

Upon comparing the online lists for undergraduate and graduate scholarships, the list of scholarships available at UNM is much smaller for graduate students than for undergraduates.

Jodie Whitehorse Willie, a graduating psychology student, said that she looks forward to saying, “I finally did it,” during her commencement ceremony. Despite that excitement, she still feels nervous about life after college.

“It’s kind of just scary to go out into the world and be a functioning hu-

man being that is contributing to society in some sort of way,” Willie said.

After graduation, Willie said she will continue working within her field of retirement work and will add a second job as a waitress to save money. Besides going out into the world, she worries that at some point her career will feel more like a chore than something she enjoys.

“I don’t want to feel like, ‘oh, it’s an obligation, it’s a drag.’ So I feel like balancing work and balancing your personal health is important to me,” Willie said.

Sophia Mejia, another upcoming psychology graduate, said she feels she won’t have the same solid support system that she has now upon graduating and moving on from college. She said that, as a student, if she made a mistake she had professors, staff and fellow students to rely on, but now she needs to confront life more independently.

In spite of that, Mejia looks forward to the future and she plans to move to Europe with her partner and start a new chapter there.

On Friday, Dec. 16th, graduating students from UNM will have the option to celebrate the finalization of their undergraduate degree at the commencement ceremony taking place at The Pit. For the 2022 fall semester, over 900 students will be graduating according to Nancy Middlebrook, the University secretary.

Annya Loya is the news editor at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @annyaloya

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ROTC cadets prepare to graduate

By Elizabeth Secor

@esecor2003

This semester, the University of New Mexico ROTC program has four cadets graduating with undergraduate degrees: Victoria Anderson, Daniela Ortega, Steven Canales and Zachary Ninneman. Anderson, Ortega and Canales will all be leaving the program this semester, while Ninneman will be entering his master’s program and has three more semesters of ROTC left.

Anderson discussed how graduating from the program this semester created a bond between her, Ortega and Canales.

“We have to go in periodically for (physical training) tests or for late hikes, or we have to go get inspections on our uniforms and stuff like that. That’s definitely been kind of fun … I don’t go to all the regular ROTC stuff (anymore). But I go to a lot of our own stuff that’s getting ready for commissioning,” Anderson said.

Commissioning — the transition from cadet to officer — grants the graduating members of the ROTC the official rank of second lieutenant in their selected branch, kickstarting their specialized officer training and post-graduation military career, according to Michigan Technical University.

For Ortega, becoming close to

those in the program was an inevitability due to the amount of time they spend with one another, whether that be through training or assisting each other through personal problems.

“That’s what happens in the Army, you become really close to people, and you build memories … (like) being encouraged to eat the (Meals Ready to Eat) … That’s kind of something that they encouraged me (with). It’s one of my best memories because I wouldn’t have thought I would eat that stuff,” Ortega said.

Graduating in the fall instead of last May has been a different experience for the cadets. Anderson has seen a difference in how the younger students in the ROTC program treat her and her fellow graduates.

“Everyone else who’s in the program is like, ‘oh my gosh, you’re going to commission,’ and so everyone else in the program starts calling you like ma’am or sir. And that’s super weird,” Anderson said. “So all three of us joke about that — how people (say) like, ‘oh, hi, ma’am.’ And it’s like, no, no, no, don’t call me ma’am yet. It’s not time.”

Though she sometimes wished she had graduated last May with the rest of her class, Ortega has found the advantages in knowing those who have graduated prior.

“(The May graduates are) already ahead and stuff. So I mean,

the only good thing about it is if I have any questions about going active duty or any questions about any schools and stuff like that, I can always refer to them and ask them how they’re doing,” Ortega said.

Meeting people currently serving piqued Anderson’s interest in ROTC during her freshman year when she first heard of the National Guard from a professor. She had always loved the military, having a family connection to it, but she disliked the idea of moving around a lot. The National Guard offered an alternative.

“In the Guard, you might have to drill in different cities, but I’ll always be in New Mexico, and I love that,” Anderson said. “I like being able to serve but also being able to have more of a scheduled life.”

Ortega learned several things in ROTC, but she credits her time there with helping her grow both her leadership skills as well as as a person.

“I’ve learned a lot about leadership (and) about myself. It’s just a good time, being able to teach the younger ones, growing from being a freshman to a senior and being the leader, and showing them things you would have liked to learn when you were a freshman,” Ortega said.

Elizabeth Secor is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @esecor2003

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UNM Army ROTC banner on cargo that’s used for training and cultivating cadets’ skill sets.

Michaela Helean graduates into full-time reporting

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

With a mortar board covered in newspaper clippings, University of New Mexico senior Michaela Helean is graduating this fall semester with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a full-time job at the Rio Rancho Observer.

Helean started her internship at the Observer through the New Mexico News Fund, a fund created to foster journalism in New Mexico that also places college students and recent graduates in state newsrooms. Four days after starting her internship, she was offered a full-time job, fulfilling a childhood dream.

“I’ve always been a writer. Ever since I was able to write, I would write short stories for my parents,” Helean said. “I would watch the news with them. I grew up watching Gwen Ifill on PBS.”

The shift from being a student reporter in the journalism department, where you can take a month or two to work on a singular story, to now being responsible for two stories every day was stressful at first, according to Helean.

“It was stressful, writing a bunch of stories every day … Every day there has to be at least one story every hour to keep the website going. And that is the demand,” Helean said. “People want their news now … and so, to keep up with that, journalists like me have to produce stories like this. And at

first, I couldn’t quite keep up because it’s not what I’m used to.”

Quickly after starting, though, she got the hang of the workload by writing stories a week ahead of time while still being a full-time student at UNM and also building time into her schedule for herself and her mental health.

“For a while there, I wasn’t taking any time for myself. I was putting everything into the paper. But it’s important to remember the paper will still be there tomorrow,” Helean said. “So take a break once

in a while. Still do the work. Get it done and follow the expectations your bosses have of you, but also demand your own expectations from them. And that’s what I did.”

Her fiancé, Brandon Vasquez, says he has seen her whole mood shift since starting at the Observer and getting to work in a field she is passionate about.

“(I have been) seeing all the different things she has to go through and then seeing the ups and downs of the job, especially within the first few months, and she gets

to do what she loves,” Vasquez said. “She’s happy and her whole attitude had changed going from her last job, which was at Panera Bread, to this Rio Rancho Observer job. It completely flipped things upside down, and she was a lot happier, coming home a lot less tense, a lot less stressful, with a lot more faith in humanity.”

She credits much of her success to her time at UNM, specifically to one journalism professor: Gwyenth Donald. Donald’s tough but caring editing style in

class is what Helean said allowed her to succeed in her position at the Observer so rapidly.

“Her being hard on me really made my skin tough for when I did actually go into the workforce,” Helean said. “(It’s) one of those things where it’s like you don’t really realize how good of a teacher you have until you finish the class.”

Her passion for journalism manifests at a local level, where she feels like she can have the most impact serving her community.

“I know a lot of journalists are ambitious to get to The New York Times, The Washington Post or something like that, but not me,” Helean said. “I’d rather write for a small town newspaper because you’re more connected with me that way. And you actually have more of an impact.”

Her next career steps are lined up for her, with the next two years to be spent working for the Observer, and then the next three for the Albuquerque Journal, which is the parent paper of the Observer After that, Helean said she will be able to apply to go wherever she would like, with references.

“It’s kind of liberating too, because I’m getting all of the experience at once,” Helean said.

Maddie Pukite is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at managingeditor@ dailylobo.com or on Twitter @ maddogpukite

UNM grad Tayler Suazo moves from mortar boards to med school

By John Scott

@JohnSnott

One of the first things you might notice about upcoming University of New Mexico graduate Tayler Suazo is her loyalty to place and to family. Graduating this fall with a Clauve Outstanding Senior Award and a bachelor’s of science in biology with a double minor in chemistry, and health medicine and human values, one might expect frequent and numerous parties and celebrations to be in order. Suazo, at the time of her interview with the Daily Lobo, however, is back with family in her hometown of Abiquiu: a small town in northern New Mexico.

It was here that Suazo first real-

ized she wanted to be a doctor — and she knew she wanted to stay in New Mexico to do it.

“I knew since I was young that I had wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. I wanted to stay in-state to be with family and of course (to) get in-state tuition because I don’t have all the money in the world to pay for tuition. So, I wanted to stay in-state and I knew UNM had a medical school, so I knew my best chances of getting into UNM Medical School was to go to UNM for undergrad,” Suazo said.

Upon being admitted to UNM, Suazo received a slew of scholarships: the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Loyalty Award, the Jemez Mountain Cooperative scholarship, the El Cen-

tro Family Health Board scholarship and the UNM Scholars scholarship.

Most notably, Suazo is a Los Alamos National Laboratories scholar, something that not only afforded Suazo a scholarship, but a community as well through various events, mentoring opportunities and the other LANL scholars at UNM. Suazo would later go on to become a LANL ambassador her junior year of college, mentoring younger LANL scholars with their classes and hosting events.

Throughout her freshman and sophomore year of college, though, Suazo focused primarily on her academics, largely due to the transition from a small high school to a

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Michaela Helean stands in front of the Communication and Journalism building with her graduation cap. Helean will be graduating with a bachelor’s in journalism and mass communication.

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Taylor Suazo is graduating with a bachelor’s in biology and a double minor in chemistry and health medicine and human values. Photo courtesy of Suazo.

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Aaron Eyachabbe Feihong Fan Yongchuan Fang

Joseph Faulkner

Angel Fernandez Sebastian Fidalgo

Jazmina Flores Javier Flores

Stevan Flores

Alexa Forrest Daniela Freamon

Jade Gabaldon

Shawn Gallegos

Angie Garcia

Fenix Garcia Young

Israel Gellis

Connor Genal

Danica Gonzales

Ozzie Guerrero Jazmin Gurule

Samantha Gurule Michael Gutierrez Madison Hagel Katherine Hennis Marcus Herrera

Justin Hight

Noelle Hoenig

Alexis Romero Reagan Ruffin

Jessica Ruiz

Jada Saavedra David Sadlowski

Sophia Salazar Jake Saltonstall

Hope Sanchez Matthew Sanchez

Liza Sanchez-Goret Paola Sanchez-Medina

Zachary Sears

Lauren Seggebruch

Rickey Sehlmeyer Valentina Serrano Garcia

Geoffrey Shelendewa

Narangerel Shirendev

Harrison Smith

Ji’Kayla Smith Andrew Snider Jessica Stevens

Margaret Stevenson Hunter Sturgeon

Frank Svet

Yvette Tafoya Binita Thapa Daniel Thompson Mattea Thompson Antoinette Times

Perla Toledo

Joseph Toledo Toni Torivio Savannah Torres

Eva Trevizo

BA BIOLOGY

Aszja Brown Emily Castle Andrea McDonald Tien Nguyen Reina Rodriguez Maleek Young

BA

CHEMISTRY

Maria Gabaldon-Parish Hailey Gonzales

James Toomey Santiago Vandyke Castiblanco Brianna Velasquez

BA

CHICANA CHICANO STUDIES

Darlene Rios

BA

COMMUNICATION

Courtney Adame Tristan Aguilar Jennifer Alfaro Cuna Brittany Anderson Tianna Baca Austin Erickson Luis Estrada Ashley Gibson Radson Jang

Itzel Lagunas

BA EAST ASIAN STUDIES

Symon Majewski Ryant Trinh

BA ECONOMICS

Wesley Blind Trenton Del Ferraro

Andrew King Maxim Leriche

Matthew Quintana

Keith Richards

Jose Soto

BA ENGLISH STUDIES

Ariel Alexander

Marcos Balido Romero

Charles Berlowitz

Catherine Collier

Gage Davis

Meranda Feagin

Benjamin Fowler

Isabel Gastelum Solana Harris

Angel Jones Julia Langeway Katherine Love Candra Lowery Bianca Lucero Karina Ortiz

Justine Pennington

Ana Rios

Grace Saiz

ADMINISTRATION

Anthony

Julianna Andrada - Brito

Imelda Andrade Melissa Arevalo

Mariah Baca-Catanach

Dominik Barela

Caitlin Barnard

Zachary Batie

Anthony Battaglini

Suzanne Begay

Kimberly Benally

Jamie Benninghoff

Tiffany Benson Federico Berard Matthew Birchfield

Jahaziel Borges

Alexandra Bonnet Monica Briones

Max Brutyn Cecine Bunn Maria Elena Bustamante

Joaquin Camacho Alex Cardenas

Grace Carey Megan Carmody Victor Carrillo

Brittany Carter Mari-Jo Carter

William Carter

Marcos Castillo Shalyn Caudill

Kenneth Chambers Christine Chavez Elena Chavez

Zhiyang Chen

Roxana Chicas Brennan Chua Bianca Cole Nicholas Conkle

Roan Conley

Joseph Coulter Oscar Corona Michael Cottone Hunter Crespin Nazan Crosbie Rose Crum

Emma Cyboron Camila David De Souza Batista

Michaela Davis Christopher De Jesus Gabriela DelRio Macias

Emmanuel DeSantiago Madison Deucher

Jeffrey Hooper

Zuyl Ibanez Sara Jaramillo

Zachariah Jobe

Jasmen Johnson Lauren Jones Jessica Juarez Wael Khweis Mateo Koepp Marcelino La Brake

Francesca Latourelle

Lauren Lehigh Manuel Lerma Charlotte Rose Levine Adam Listwan

Chang Liu Daniel Logan Ashtyn Lopez

Alfonzo Lozano Celeste Lucero

Aaron Lujan Navneet Macherla

Vanessa Magdaleno

Aaliyah Mae Malazo Joseph Mansour

Dominique Martinez Jacqueline Martinez

Destiny Martinez Ana Martinez Hurtado

Victoria Mason Emily Mayo Shaylee Milton Breanna Mitchell

Jay Moirangthem

Celia Montoya

Frank Montoya Jaron Montoya

Miguel Montoya Brian Morris

Marc Moseley Jason Muller

Alex Munoz Katherine Nevitt

Brendon Nichols

Juliana Ortiz

Amanda Paywa

Richard Pell Omar Perez

Hunter Pimparatana Cole Posey Hannah Potter Honorio Rael Erynn Rider

Anthony Rivera

Shayanne Robinson

Domenico Rodriguez

Daniella Rodriguez

Daniel Rodriguez Teresa Rodriguez Danny Roman

Alexandra Truex

Olivia Trujillo Alexander Urban Ian Urioste

Alfredo Valdes Gonzalez Augustina Valdez Dimitri Valdez Candace Valencia Steven Gabriel Vasco Emily Walker

Zihao Wang

Isiah Whitmore Brandon Winter Christopher Yela Vanessa Zamora

Sirui Zhang Dongxia Zhang Mingyuan Zheng

Zijian Zhou

School of Architecture and Planning

BAA

ARCHITECTURE

Jose Acosta Cody Begay Hannah Bernhart Brendan Coops Israel Frias Chaparro Samantha Jimson Cameron Kvittem

Patrick Narvaez

Alyssa Rodriguez Karyme Tapia-Flores Anthony Velazquez Lilyanne Wilson

BAEPD

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DESIGN

Nikolas Byous Stevie Lowrey Victoria Martine

College of Arts and Sciences

BA

ANTHROPOLOGY

Tayla Bernardoni Harry Cook-Graver Richard Maestas Elizabeth Milchak Jaclyn Nagel Tiffany Neas Max Zink

Theresa Lindsey Chase Kyla Lowe Nakayla McClelland Jack Murano Kylie Okura Sarah Ortega

Presley Rhodus Abraham Rimbert Lysia Salazar Jack Silverman Gabriella Smith Samantha Soto Austin Villa Yazmin Yanez

BA

CRIMINOLOGY

Beatriz Aguirre

Kimberly Amador Brandon Archuleta Magdalene Bernier Blanca Borunda Jimenez

McKenzie Broussard

Nicholas Calvert Amanda Carter Jakyra Clemons Natalia Corwell Brittany Davis Brianne Dein Taylor Dillinger Luis Dominguez Jasmine Galvan Bianca Gonzales

Kevin Gonzalez Mark Gutierrez Cathy Guzman

Amanda Hauke Antonia Herrera Camryn Jaramillo Jasmin Juarez-Rivera Graham Laverty Crystal Littlefield Anita Lomeli Karla Mier

Raquel Montoya Jeannie Nguyen Zachary Ninneman Owen Risenhoover Gisselle Ronquillo Younique Rubio Marissa Shorty Andrew Skinner Melissa Solis Zachary Storms Halie Tso Maritza Vasquez Jessica Vigil

Astrid Virgen-Garcia Melinda Waggoner

Rosanna Samudio Alesha Sanchez Brigid Shaski Gabriel Simmons Elizabeth Smith Cheyenne Weaver

BA ENGLISHPHILOSOPHY

Carmen Sierra Angela Walters

BA FAMILY & CHILD STUDIES Liaser Perez

BA

GEOGRAPHY

Jonas Akudago

BA

HISTORY

Hannah Beck Drake Bjorkman Caden Chavez-Kerr Rosalie Mondragon Sloan Moulton Colin Rankine Emily Rodriguez David Romero Cody Sinclair Jillian Swari

BA

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Selene Diaz Martinez

Orion Dolly-Pirrie

Richard Hyatt Jorge Larios Mychael Raymer Isabela Serrano Garcia Meghan Simank

BA

JOURNALISM & MASS

COMMUNICATION

Fadi Alzaidy

Savannah Archuleta Juan Baeza Gonzalez Joshua Cutler Somiya Dunnum Jordan Groover Michaela Helean Lucia Montoya

BA

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Sandra Martinez

BA

LINGUISTICS

Aster Forrest Keda Kanye Damien Lopez

BA

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

Paige Augustine Sarah Barnhill

Alysia Coriz Wilson Gover Jorge Saiz Ian Stevens Curi Teran Lisa Weaselboy

BA

PHILOSOPHY

Sinead Burton Charles Chavez-Stewart

Erik Dallas Cameron Delara Jacquelynn Gutierrez Nicole Kratochvil

BA

PHYSICS & ASTROPHYSICS

Christine Bennett

BA

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Elena Abeyta Eleazar Bojorquez Cristian Chavez Elyssa Chino Alyssa Christman

Santana Dominguez Kiana Frederick Devon Griste Gary Haldane Loni Heyn Tamarra Howard Kreston Johnson

JohnMartin Knapp Graham Leisey Daniel Lopez Stefani Madera Maryna Mathews Dominic Moore Megan Shores Jesenia Velez Leah Vig Alicia Ysasi

BA

PSYCHOLOGY

Amber Abeyta Adriana Aguilar Ana Aguirre Haneen Amer Jina Anderson Adriana Aquino Margaret Aulbach Zachary Barreras Ashley Barry Yennifer Batalla-Brito Desbah Begay Siri Brochman

Sara Buckingham Nicole Bunner Ariadne Calderon

Maria Canas Madera Savanna Carbajal Annalisa Cardona

Kal Cary Brianna Chavez Justine Chavez Malorey Chee Shay Condron Robert Cravens Valeria De Lira Richards

Thitsureya Detvongsa Madison Dilley Anahi Dominguez Tristin Edwards Erica Elwell Fernanda Fernandez Cheyenne Ford Brisa Gamboa Faith Garcia Jessalyn Gomez Santana Gonzalez

Jasmine Green Alberto Guerra Carina Gutierrez Rachel Harada Jessica Hardie Curtis Harper Martty Hernandez Stephanie HofnerGutierrez Tianna Holmes Charlene Hutchison Samantha Innis Kayla Jackson Trinity Jensen Charnel Jim Krystyn Jones Hannah Jozwiakowski Marian Juarez Lara Karatas Angelyn Kotz Ada Kozikowski Miranda LabastidaMaldonado James Larson Krystal Laughing Marissa Layne Alisia Lee Sharon Lemus Alana Lovato Celeste Lucero Jesus Luna Angelica Madrid Sylvia Madrid-Perez Luis Maldonado Sharon Marin Paula Martinez Sarah Masica Amelia Mazza Downie Eva Mejia Ariel Melero Cassandra Meyer Crystal Middleton Cassandra Miera Caelan Miller Elena Montoya Dominique Moore Marissa Mora David Morales Miguel Moreno Sorche Morgan Jennifer Nelson Sophia Nicholson Destiny Onnen Cynthia Ortiz-Perez Louis Papponi Katrina Poindexter Ashlie Quinene Raquel Rael Cynthia Reategui Ashley Romero Leova Romero Meira Rubin Adam Rutherford Monique Salcido Rachel Sanchez Laurie Sanchez Jacob Sandoval Kristin Sandoval Elizabeth Sandoval Jeffrey Schrimsher Kandyce Silva Ji’Kayla Smith Alejandro Solis Breana Sotelo Gina Sotolongo Lisset Stansel Monica Swann Dakota Swanson Hiroko Tateisi Destiny Thompson Alexandra Tobia-Laychock Erasmo Torres Amanda Torrez Zoe Trujillo Stony Valdez Joseph Valencia Alexandria Vazquez Amber Warner Destanie Weaghington Nicole Webb Bobbie Wells Cameron Wheatstine Jodi Willie Lori Wilson Joshua Young Silent Zamarron

BA SOCIOLOGY

Carmen Castillo Lauren Flores Jennifer Hernandez Janelle Iboa Dante Olivas Destini Roybal Mahmmud Saeed Johanna Sanchez Melanie Saunders Hannah Vallejos

BA

SPANISH Daniela Caro Audrey Garcia Brenda Garcia Ahlee Gomez Emma Jurado Benjamin Koerper Nimsi Meza Mia Weber-Manzano

BA

SPEECH & HEARING SCIENCES

Allegra Calderon Caitlyn Cordova Lauren Einerson Mohammed Fateeni Veronica Frisch Yamileth Garcia Miranda LabastidaMaldonado Genessa Ortiz Nicole Pacheco

BA

WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES Shasta Brown BS

ANTHROPOLOGY

Kristen Benson-Spangler Hannah Cantrell Laura Dominguez Alexis Martinez Jenifer Richards Katherine Slack Samantha Strife William Wells BS

ASTROPHYSICS

Jason Weisgerber BS

BIOCHEMISTRY

Malalai Alkozai Nichole Benally Alyssa Benishek Caitlin Britt Nikhila Campbell Maya Chavez Ashley Helgeson Nora Steinberg Joseph West BS

BIOLOGY

Alexander Achusim Adejumoke Adefeso Andrea Aldaba Samantha Armijo Clara Bertoni Alexis Brennan Briana Bruno Esther Burton Trinity Casaus Deanna Caward Kaela Chavez Felicity Chavez Jacob Cink Rodrigo Corona Castaneda Isabella Coronado Francesca Covino Richard Curley Dorothy Dean Connor Dixson Courtney Drill Jadyn Edwards Alexia Garcia Roxana Garcia

Christina Gomez Ryan Gonzales Isaiah Griego Estephany Hernandez Katelynn James Joshua Kawane Zahieh Khweis Samuel Kress Samantha Lambrecht Jin-Su Lee Daniel Lee Adrian Leon Alexander Leonard Reanna Marquez Christian Martinez Celeste Martinez Giovanni Martinez Mirka Martinez Mariah Montoya Jonathan Mullins Steve Negrete Goldie Okoye Jankie Patel Kenda Pina Colton Powell Tessa Sandlin Emily Schmitt Simone Sena Antonio Serrano Rodriguez Jazlyn Solis Joshua Spinks Tayler Suazo Hayley Torres Logan Vanotteson Jazmine Villescas Ana Williams Rios Noa Yazzie BS

CHEMISTRY Geneva Anderson Elizabeth Eldred Alexandra Outka BS

EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES Cooper Bailey Erica Nocella Dustin Schwartz BS

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Lauryn Gurrola BS GEOGRAPHY Arlin Arpero BS

MATHEMATICS Maya Chavez Ronald Linhardt Mia Santistevan Jaimasan Sutton Pratyush Kumar Yadav BS PHYSICS William Crockett BS

PSYCHOLOGY

Emily Allen Andrew Chacon Jacob Cink Noah Crowner Conner Cummins Christian D’Angelo Alexander Fabbroni Kailene Gachupin Matraica Jim Amy Keene Lise King-Dooley Marcus Largo Chelsea Lovato Katherine MacCurdy Arianna Martinez Paris McKenzie Ryan McNamara Christina Munoz Goldie Okoye Abigail Perkins Vincent Pham Madison Bleu Risinger

Natalia Carrillo

Rainee Lee-Real Bird Sahar Mamdani

Sheyla Renteria Castillo Natalie White

College of Nursing

BSN NURSING

Charles Aboagye

Bianca Acosta

Renee Aguilar Amy Ahlgrim Ashley Amezquita

James Amy Melody Archuleta

Tiffany Arnold Nereida Arteaga Morales

Alia Atyani Lisa Baca Brooke Bandy

Starla Barrett

Jennifer Bartoshevich

Abigail Bass

Brittany Benn William Bennett

Cara Bielass Hayley Bodmer Belinda Bowekaty

Ivey Bows Devann Brane Luke Briseno

Annie Bui

Alaina Burk

Mathew Burriel

Crystal BustamanteCisneros Philip C De Vaca Cagsu Caglar

Tiep Callow

Ephraim Camu Alondra Caraveo

Amanda Castillo

Kathryn Chapman

Leticia Chavez

Jessica Cherry

Jimmy Cole Analicia Contreras Brandon Corcoran

Alexus Cordova Michelle Cordova

Sarah Cox

Angela Cravens

Sidney Davila Amber Dennison

Sonia Dhaliwal

Maria Di Ienno

Monica Dinh

Richard Dooley

Hannah Downing Valerie Duarte Kaitlyn Duncan Daneia Emanuel

Amelia Eras

Paula Escamilla

Rodolfo Espindola Briseno

Sarah Espinosa

Ana Stina Espinosa

Annalisa Ferguson

Sierra Ferguson

Jena Ferguson Elena Fernandez

Savannah Fevig

Christopher Fiorito

Madison Flygare

Emily Folks

Ramiro Fraire

Jordyn Francis Stacy Frederick Jeanine Fuller

Kashlet Fiola Fumokao

Collett Gallegos

Michael Garcia

Isabella Garcia

Amarante Garcia

Bianca Garcia y Gold

Ariana Garza

Gabrielle Garza

Christian Giblin

Melissa Gibson

Amanda Giraldo Katarina Gnesda

Alyssa Gomez

Dominic Gonzales

Julie Gonzales

Mystery Gonzales

Nathaniel Gonzales

Kaylor Grado

Scarlett Green

Averie Green

Ryan Griego Candace Griego Isaiah Griego Shawn Griffin Ibel Grimaldo

Adrienne Grimmer

Maria Guerrero

Nichole Gutierrez

Nallely Gutierrez Julius Gutierrez

Kelsey Harmon

LaMisha Harvey Robin Hayter Denise Hearn

Katarina Heim Maren Hellum Mckenzie Hemmes

Sommer Henderson

Romar Hernandez Trevor Herrington Chloe Hervol

Ashley Hilbun

Jasmine Hobbs

Mandie Holland

Brianna Hopkins Hannah Hunt

Sameena Jahn

Laura Jarpe Shaelee Jewell

Josue Juarez Campos Gabriella Keener

Seung Hyun Kim Lurah Klaas Ania Klas

Wynelle Klopfer

Ryan Kruskamp

Ciria Lopez Vanessa Louis

Jacqueline Lowe

Rochelle Macias

Stasia Maestas

Brandy Maokhamphion Jessica Margiotta

Rainy Markham-Sandoval Chelsea Marks

Beverly Marquez Ethan Martinez

Ashley Martinez Aliyha Martinez

Raven Martinez

Nichole Martinez Jessica Martinez

Yhari Martinez Jaramillo

Elida Martinez-Jaramillo

Diana Mata

Jacie Mayberry

Jennifer Mazzanti

Jeanette McCalip Melissa McGuire

Shea McInerney Sara McIsaac Elisabeth Meerkatz Veronica Miller

Megan Mings Sunshine Modesto Pilar Montero Estrella Montoya Ariana Montoya Clara Montoya Ryan Moreland Elizabeth Morgen Amanda Morris

Lupita Munoz Bethany Nairn Marsaya Namaste

Dominic Nguyen Jenny Nguyen Colleen O’Neil

Emmanuelle Obeng Goldie Okoye Savannah Ortiz-Larranaga

Molly Osmera Makayla Otero

Kiley Otero Roxana Otero Riballo

Rosalinda Pacheco

Rosa Pacheco Cruz

Kyle Packingham Cindy Palacios

Joshua Parkins

Abigail Parmely

Kayla Patenaude-Arroyo

Nathan Patterson Martha Pena Linda Phan

Phouva Phaybouth Jennifer Phillips

Stephanie Pope Avery Quijano Maria Quinonez Elijah Quintana

Katelyn Quintana Jazmin Ramirez

Holly Reimholz

Gissely Reyes-Contreras Esther Rios

Kenia Rivas

Jaime Rodriguez

Daniela Rodriguez Danielle Rogers

Avery Rohwer

Candice Romero

Dennis Royman

Stephanie Rule

Aleeya Saavedra

Sophia Sagert

Alicia Salter

Cristobal Sanchez

Alondra Sanchez Gerald Sanchez

Shoshonig Sawatis

Julie Schochet

Sarah Schoen

Lydia Serrano Elizabeth Serrano

Jenna Sessions

Jonah Shure Marissa Silva Alexis Silva Amanda Sinkevitch

Sierra Slaughter Taylor Smith

Leigh Snodgrass Alexander Spomer

Nicole Stafford Emily Stake

Mia Stape Payton Steele

Craig Stevenson Emily Streams

Robert Swanberg

Keilah Tafoya

Sayli Taylor-Dehoyos

Leona Thompson

Kyle Patrick Tipgos Sara Trevizo

Kayla Trujillo

Amaya Valencia Rodrigo Vargas

Kasaundra Vaughn Samantha Vazquez

Sarah Vela

Adriana Velarde

Pepper Vigil

Deva Vincent

Noelle Violette

Adriel Viramontes

Daniella Vollaro

Kennedy Vote Samantha Watson

Sierra Weatherspoon

Heather Wells Veronica Willits

Anna Woltman

Eva Wren Lucas Wren

Erika Yazzie Noah Yoshida

Ariel Zack Melissa Zertuche Xinmiao Zhang

Sunshine Theater

Visit sunshinetheater.com for more showings! 505.764.0249 120 Central Ave SW, 87102

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop Check out our store! 4012 Central Ave SE Mon: 12pm-5pm

Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort Ski all season! Lock in your season pass today Sipapu.ski

High and Dry Brewing 529 Adams St NE Monday 4PM-9PM

No Food – Open to options! highanddrybrewing.com

HappyDaze Cannabis 5000 B, Jefferson St NE Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM Students get a 15% discount! Find us on Weedmaps! Tantra Night Club & Da One Hookah Bar We are Back! Reopening New Years Eve Dec 31st, 10PM-3AM Open Every Saturday Night after!

Tuesday

Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing Tuesday: 1pm-5pm 801 Encino Pl NE

Sunshine Theater Dec 22 7pm Doors Machine Head Of Kingdom And Crown Tour All Ages! 120 Central Ave SW

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop Take advantage of our delivery service! Delivery hours: 9am-5pm 4012 Central Ave SE Tues store hours: 11am-5pm

HappyDaze Cannabis 5000 B, Jefferson St NE Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM Students get a 15% discount! Find us on Weedmaps!

505 Central Food Hall 505 Central Ave NE Hours: Sunday-Wednesday 11AM9PM Thursday-Saturday 11AM-10PM Geeks Who Drink at 7PM! 505Central.com

Vana Society

Women & Minority owned NM company! Find out more at vanasociety.com 416 Yale Blvd SE

High and Dry Brewing

529 Adams St NE

Franky’s 4-9PM Taco Tuesday, $2 Tacos! Tuesday: 4PM-9PM highanddrybrewing.com

Public House Wine for the people!

Meteor Burgers 4PM-9PM 201 Hermosa Dr NE Tuesday 4PM-9PM Publichouseabq.com

Tantra Night Club & Da One Hookah Bar We are Back!

Reopening New Years Eve Dec 31st, 10PM-3AM Open Every Saturday Night after!

Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort Ski all season! Lock in your season pass today Sipapu.ski

Wednesday

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop

Take advantage of delivery service!

Delivery hours: 9am-5pm 4012 Central Ave SE Wed store hours: 11am-5pm

High and Dry Brewing

529 Adams St NE, TomBoy Tako 4-9PM Trivia 7PM

Benefiting Campus Lobo Food Pantry Wednesday 2PM-10PM highanddrybrewing.com

Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort Ski all season! Lock in your season pass today

Sipapu.ski

505 Central Food Hall 505 Central Ave NE Hours: Sun-Wed 11AM-9PM Thursday-Saturday 11AM-10PM College Night 6-8PM! 505Central.com

Vana Society Open now! Only a 15 min walk from campus! Women & Minority owned NM company! Find out more at vanasociety.com 416 Yale Blvd SE

Public House (12/14) Wine for the people!

Butter 11PM-3PM

Meteor Burgers 4-9PM Wednesday: 2PM-10PM 201 Hermosa Dr NE Publichouseabq.com

HappyDaze Cannabis 5000 B, Jefferson St NE Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM Students get a 15% discount! Find us on Weedmaps!

Tantra Night Club & Da One Hookah Bar We are Back!

Reopening New Years Eve Dec 31st, 10PM-3AM

Open Every Saturday Night after!

Test With Truman

Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312

Sunshine Theater Visit sunshinetheater.com for more showings! 505.764.0249 120 Central Ave SW, 87102

Thursday

Test With Truman

Be Empowered. Know Your Status. Walk in HIV Testing Thursday: 5pm-7pm 801 Encino Pl NE

Sunshine Theater Visit sunshinetheater.com for more showings! 505.764.0249 120 Central Ave SW, 87102

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop

Take advantage of delivery service!

Delivery hours: 9am-5pm 4012 Central Ave SE Thurs store hours: 11am-7pm

Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort

Ski all season! Lock in your season pass today Sipapu.ski

505 Central Food Hall 505 Central Ave NE Thursday-Saturday 11AM-10PM Check out all our Vendors! 505central.com

Vana Society Open now!

Only a 15 min walk from campus! Women & Minority owned NM company! Find out more at vanasociety.com 416 Yale Blvd SE

High and Dry Brewing

529 Adams St NE

Teo’s Tacos 4pm – 9pm Live Music | Chachalacas | 6pm highanddrybrewing.com

Public House

Wine for the people! Butter 11PM-3PM Meteor Burgers 4PM-9PM Thursday: 2PM-10PM 201 Hermosa Dr NE

Publichouseabq.com

HappyDaze Cannabis 5000 B, Jefferson St NE Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM

Students get a 15% discount! Find us on Weedmaps!

Tantra Night Club & Da One Hookah Bar We are Back!

Reopening New Years Eve Dec 31st, 10PM-3AM Open Every Saturday Night after!

Friday

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop

Take advantage of delivery service!

Delivery hours: 9am-5pm 4012 Central Ave SE

Fri store hours: 11am-7pm

505 Central Food Hall 505 Central Ave NE

Thursday-Saturday 11AM-12PM Kamikaze Karaoke begins at 6:30PM! Bring a friend and grab some drinks! 505Central.com

Vana Society Open now! Only a 15 min walk from campus! Women & Minority owned NM company! Find out more at vanasociety.com 416 Yale Blvd SE

High and Dry Brewing 529 Adams St NE

Tikka Spice 3pm-9pm

Live Music | Swing Magique | 6pm Art Opening Reception | 5pm highanddrybrewing.com

Public House Wine for the people!

Butter 11PM-3PM

Meteor Burgers 4PM-9PM Friday: 11AM-10PM 201 Hermosa Dr NE Publichouseabq.com

HappyDaze Cannabis 5000 B, Jefferson St NE Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM Students get a 15% discount! Find us on Weedmaps!

Tantra Night Club &

Da One Hookah Bar We are Back!

Reopening New Years Eve Dec 31st, 10PM-3AM

Open Every Saturday Night after!

Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort Ski all season! Lock in your season pass today Sipapu.ski

Test With Truman Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312

Sunshine Theater

Visit sunshinetheater.com for more showings! 505.764.0249 120 Central Ave SW, 87102

Test With Truman

Be Empowered. Know Your Status. 801 Encino Pl NE 505-272-1312

Duke City Herbs & Bake Shop

Take advantage of delivery service! Delivery hours: 2pm-5pm 4012 Central Ave SE Thurs store hours: 2pm-7pm

505 Central Food Hall 505 Central Ave NE

Thursday-Saturday 11AM-10PM College Football Day! 505Central.com

Vana Society Open now!

Only a 15 min walk from campus! Women & Minority owned NM company! Find out more at vanasociety.com 416 Yale Blvd SE

College of Pharmacy

BS PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Jamileh Alassi

Danielle Chavez

Lynn Corbin

Madalyn Dankocsik

Kellen Day

Chase De Guio

Diana Drakmih

Maraya Esquibel

Isaac Estrada

Elizabeth Estrada

Michele Garcia

Teelea Gardner Leslie Gonzales

Alea Gonzales

Sierra Jaramillo

Grace Kimura

Monique Martinez

Shane Martinez

Adam Martinez

Diana Martinez-Nava Samantha Maxwell

Jaqueline Mayfield

Timothy McCormick

Tori McKinney

Miranda Montoya

Michael Neville

Alexander Nihart

Fariba Nikookar

Dashtmiani

Rishi Patel

Tiffany Rael Ashley Ramirez Flores

Alexandria Rayner

Riley Redd Haylee Rivera

Ariana Salazar

Anthony Sanchez

Chris Sandoval

Kelley Schultz

Kory Sillivent

Jeremy Soto Garrett Stroud

Jillian Toon Vivian Trinh

Robyn Turner

Devin Vasquez

Thannia Vasquez Yanez

Victoria Vega Solomon Watson

Maria Ybarguengoitia

Aguero Kaitlyn Zbylut

College of Population Health

Sarah Weschler

Samuel Wilmot Awet Mengsteab Yohannes

BISI

INTEGRATIVE STUDIES & INNOVATION

Jesse Bailon Devon Palmer

Richard Velasquez

April Vihilidal Zachary Ward

BLA

LIBERAL ARTS

Mattie Duran

David Gonzales Shlair Hamboor

Associate’s

degrees

The following list is based on information gathered from the Banner database prior to our publication deadline. Given the number of graduates and evolving status of many prospective graduates’ degree status, mistakes and omissions may have occurred. Being listed or not here has no bearing on a student’s official graduation status. This list currently includes:

Fall 2022 Pending degrees Summer 2022 Awarded degrees

UNM–Gallup

AA BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Gervana Begay

Tinnell Charlee

Midijah Smiley Baxter Soseeah

Anthony Strain

Lavina Willie

Shaundiin Yazzie

AA CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Heather Barton Louis Joe

Houston Martin Shaundiin Yazzie

AA EARLY CHILDHOOD MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Mariah Gia

Cynthia Maldonado

AA EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Megan Diaz Tanisha James Renita Luna

AA HUMAN SERVICES

Samantha Plummer

AA LIBERAL ARTS

Charles Aguirre Abdallah Alassi

Gus Aycock

T’Neale Barney Adriana-Jo Halona

Chelsey Hansen Michaela Hollowhorn

Christina Hren Ellison Jones

Madison Kalfsbeck

Jasmine Lementino

Francis Louie

Bruce Nicholson Mariah Platero

Jonet Ruiz-Cuellar

Folaya Silago

Harry Tso

Merissa Coriz

AAS

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Rashaundal Comb Winston Smith

AAS GENERAL STUDIES

Charles Aguirre Abdallah Alassi

Nicole Alonzo

Maegan Apachito

Adaliya Archie

Akira Ashley Natalia Avery

Gus Aycock

Axel Balicat

Jasmine Becenti

Ashlyn Begay

Kian Benally

John Nicholsen Biaco

Alfredo Bitsoi

Therese Boucher

Bethany Boyd

Frances Bravo Bailey Carling

Jimmie Chavez

Loralei Ciccarello

Tenley Crowder Michelle Curley

Felicia Davis

Katelyn Donaldson

Margaret Farrell

Amira Hajjaji

Swuena Henio

Carley James Jimmie James

Marcella Kee

Jasmine Lementino

Rosaline Martinez

Aiden Morales

Baylie Myers Jeremiah Paredes

Hasti Patel

Mailaya Paul Kaitlyn Pino

Ukiah Smith Malachi Thanatos Joseph Thompson Rosalia Tolentino Hannah Vandever

Natilia Watson Mariah Yazzie Viviana Yazzie Lynzee Zahne

AAS WELDING TECHNOLOGY

Nathan Avery

AS ELEMENTARY TEACHER EDUCATION

Alexia Arreguin Madison Malone Alina Rivera

AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Wyatt Redhouse

AS HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Tanisha Boone

Sue Robbert-Garza Joanna Walela

AS MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY

Lewis Espinoza Darian Johnson Natalie Morgan

AS NURSING

Belinda Bowekaty Sharlene Brown

Lorraine Castaneda

Frances Chavez Richard Jon Cruz

Annalisa Ferguson

Kashlet Fiola Fumokao

Amanda Giraldo

Erin Brown Torrance Bryant Elia Draven Kora Jones

Tayiah Lewis Shannon Page Matthew Situ Emily Woody

UNM–Los

Alamos

AA LIBERAL ARTS

Maria Blair Elizabeth Dimick Elena Michel Cosette Peck Emilie Von Harders

AA PREBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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public university. That being said, she still found ways

“I really stuck to my academics during my first couple of semesters; my campus involvement was always going to CAPS tutoring and Supplemental Instruction sessions, just making sure that I ended up with a good GPA after every semester. Especially ‘cause I knew I wanted to go to med school. By getting a good GPA, I was enlisted into the Pi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society. And that’s kind of what started my campus involvement,” Suazo said.

After her selection to Pi Eta Sigma and appointance as a LANL ambassador, Suazo would also be tapped for the Mortar Board Honor Society. She recounted the moment and how

it led to her meeting current Associated Students at UNM vice president, fellow LANL scholar and Mortar Board member, classmate and friend Krystah Pacheco.

“We were in the same position. We really didn’t know anybody, and she was super friendly. I think that was one of the first things I really liked about Tayler. And she’s also very approachable. That was probably one of the first things that I (could) really recognize when we first met,” Pacheco said.

Throughout the course of Suazo’s senior year, her and Pacheco’s friendship would develop through their collaboration in Mortar Board as well as through their shared class.

“It’s more like the interactions that came through Mortar Board, where

we continued to see each other. And then we also had a class together this semester, and she sat right in front of me,” Pacheco said. “So, seeing her twice a week, we always had conversations about the class, her goals for medical school and the status on her applying. So, it was through those small interactions where we continued to learn more about each other.”

Pacheco’s favorite memory of their friendship was when Suazo told her that she had been accepted into medical school. The excitement of the moment was certainly a factor, but for Pacheco, it was more memorable because of how that moment reflected who Suazo is: humble, hard-working and ambitious.

Suazo will first be completing a six-month internship with Los Ala-

mos National Laboratories before officially starting medical school next July. Upon completion of medical school and her subsequent residency requirements, Suazo plans to return to Abiquiu to become a primary care doctor.

“We definitely need doctors up here, and we don’t really need a lot of specialities. We need primary care doctors who are gonna see people on a regular basis for their chronic health concerns,” Suazo said.

Future goals aside, Suazo still acknowledged the “amazing feeling” of getting this far, emphasizing the work it took to get her here and what she’ll miss on her way out.

“It’s bittersweet; I will miss all my campus involvement. But it’s amazing. I look back and, com-

ing from such a small town, getting a bachelor’s degree is almost unattainable to some students. And the fact that I am finishing it, not only early, but Summa Cum Laude with good standing, it just makes me proud of what my community has produced in a sense,” Suazo said. “It takes a village to raise a child, and my family has done an incredible job of always supporting education. Just to see the light at the end of the tunnel and to know that I got accepted to med school — it’s an amazing feeling.”

John Scott is the editor-in-chief at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JohnSnott

Graduate Micaela Pacheco takes her final bow at UNM

By Zara Roy

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Upcoming University of New Mexico graduate Micaela Pacheco will be closing this chapter of her life with a bachelor’s degree in theater, a career in spiritual healing and a love of sharing her creativity with those around her.

Having done theater ever since she was young, Pacheco initially wanted

to go into film. Now, she cannot see herself pursuing a traditional theatrical route at all. If she does get back into theater, she wants to use it as a medium to share her own creations in the form of devised work and performance art.

“I’ve loved to perform my whole life: I’ve loved to sing and act, and since I was really small I’ve been pulled to performance. And I did theater all throughout high school, and it just seemed like that was the logi-

cal thing to do in college … I was very interested in doing film and theater, but then somewhere along the way, I started to tap into my other passion of healing myself and then using that experience to help others,” Pacheco said.

Though she has found that her passions don’t lie in academia, she said that her experiences at UNM have been valuable in helping her move on to the next stage of her life, nonetheless. Pacheco’s primary goal will be

working on her business, Marigold Moon Healing, which sells artwork and crafts made by her and her business partner, Abigail Hutton, in addition to intuitive healing services and group meditation sessions.

“I’m thankful that I’ve gotten the opportunity to go to school because I know a lot of people don’t get that opportunity, and I’m so grateful for that. But I’m also really grateful to just be done, to put it behind me, to move on and do the things I’m passionate

about and excited about,” Pacheco said.

She said that she first got seriously into intuitive healing after meeting with curanderas, or Mexican and Latin American folk healers, at a fair held by UNM. Later, she found out she had great-great-grandmothers on both sides who had been curanderas, and she ended up training in curanderismo after that experience. She moved onto learning about reiki healing and see Pacheco page 14

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