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This May, six years after leaving the cult she was born and raised in, dual major soon-to-be UNM alum and single mother to five daughters, Jennifer Jenson, will graduate with majors in Interpersonal Communications and Psychology. She will have...

You’ll find plenty of public servants in Washington D.C., defending various cases for their prospective state. You won't, however, find one as young, passionate and innovative as UNM senior Nic Estrada. The New Mexico native is graduating this spring...

Samantha Soto isn’t the typical graduate from The University of New Mexico. The child of heroin-addicted parents, she decided early on that she was going to break the cycle and create a good life for her children. At the age of 41, the single parent of...

Kennedy Chavez-Silver’s life was forever changed in 2015 when her older brother was killed in a driveby shooting by a bullet intended for someone else. Jaydon Chavez-Silver, a 17-year-old with hopes of joining the United States Air Force, was standing...

In a typical undergraduate class at UNM, you may hear chatter about who did the reading, and if it’s a boxed mac & cheese, or ramen kind of night back at the apartment with your roommate.  Sitting right there though, could be a 42-year-old rockstar of a...

If you ask UNM senior Abrianna Morales for a moment of her time, she’ll give it to you. You may be both shocked and amazed, however, when you see how much each day is booked up–and that she’s still finding time to do more– but it wasn’t always this...

When the pandemic hit nearly three years ago, Sara Jaramillo found herself contemplating what was next. While some people took up new hobbies and others simply tried to move forward, she decided it was time to knock off one long-standing item from her...

Rylee Brachle has had her sights set on higher education since she was a child. When she was in elementary school her single mother finished her bachelor’s degree at The University of New Mexico. “She brought me to class a few times,” she recalls. “I...

It’s two degrees down and at least one more to go for University of New Mexico student Jenilee Jao. “I wouldn't be here now if I wasn't grateful. I would have stopped at bachelor’s. But here I am now, finishing up my master's and pursuing my Ph.D....

He was once told that a University of New Mexico student-athlete could have two of the three: an academic life, a social life, or an athletic life. Fall 2022 graduate Nehemiah Cionelo redefined that statement across his time at UNM, becoming a triple...