New Mexico Consortium Celebrates Scholarship Recipients Supporting New Mexico’s Future Workforce

New Mexico Consortium Celebrates Scholarship Recipients Supporting New Mexico’s Future Workforce

The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) is proud to support scholarship programs that help students across New Mexico pursue educational and career opportunities while strengthening the state’s future workforce.

NMC partnered with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the LANL Foundation to sponsor the National Security Workforce Four-Year Undergraduate Scholarships, Career Pathways Scholarships, and launched the inaugural Graduate Scholarship program. Funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Plutonium Workforce Development Institutional (PWDI) Partnerships Program, 40 total students pursuing research and careers critical to New Mexico’s national security and innovation ecosystem were awarded National Security Workforce scholarships in 2026 through the LANL Foundation.  A link to the LANL Foundation story about this years’ awardees.

Thirteen 2026 National Security Workforce Scholarships: $10,000

Caleb Garcia, Home School
Dylan Garcia, St. Michael’s High School
Juan Maestas, Española Valley High School
Michael Maestas, Española Valley High School
Elijah Ortiz, Robertson High School
Osmel Pacheco, Capital High School
Antonio Pell, Mandela International Magnet School
Thomas Quintana, Los Alamos High School
Joel Saltzman, Taos Academy Charter School
Maheli Sandoval, Rio Rancho High School
Donny Santistevan, Questa High School
Amir Fauzi, University of New Mexico ($7,500)
Prince Patrick Baldomar, Northern New Mexico College ($6,250)

Thirteen 2026 Career pathways – National Security Workforce Scholarships: Up to $3,000

Kevin Bailon, Bernalillo High School
Angelina Fresquez, University of New Mexico
Waylon Fresquez, Luna Community College
Gwendolyn Matthews, University of New Mexico- Los Alamos
Anahi Meraz, Academy for Technology & The Classics
Treavon Nicoley, Central New Mexico Community College
Jaden Pacheco, Luna Community College
Xander Rigg, Northern New Mexico College
Jeremy Rodriguez, University of New Mexico- Taos
Raymond Romero, Doña Ana Community College
Adrian Samuido Olivas, Central New Mexico Community College
Alexandria Sylla, Santa Fe Community College
Jesse Throgmorton, University of New Mexico

The NMC partnered with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the LANL Foundation in 2025 as well, here are the eight 2025 Awardees:

Eight 2025 National Security Workforce Scholarships: $10,000

Akmal Fauzi, V. Sue Cleveland High School
Alyssa Atencio, Peñasco High School
Kaiden Price, The MASTERS Program
Matias Tiede, Pojoaque Valley High School
Otto Manley, Taos High School
Philadelfio Gomez, Dulce High School
Simone Fresquez, Northern New Mexico College
Esperanza Gonzales, Northern New Mexico College

In 2026, NMC partnered with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the LANL Foundation to launch the inaugural National Security Workforce Graduate Scholarship. As the first graduate fellowship scholarship program at the LANL Foundation, this scholarship awarded $85,000 to 14 graduate students pursuing graduate degrees at New Mexico Universities in careers critical to New Mexico’s national security and innovation ecosystem.

The fourteen 2026 Graduate Scholarships were awarded to:

Ryan Aldaz, New Mexico State University
Devin Binns, New Mexico State University
Angel Chafino, New Mexico State University
Oscar Chavez Ramirez, New Mexico State University
Jules Horak, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Ellianna Martinez, New Mexico Highlands University
Naomi Perez Campos, University of New Mexico
Matias Rougier, New Mexico State University
Gabriel Ruiz, New Mexico State University
Brandon Sanchez, University of New Mexico
Brayden Stidham, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Adrianna Tellez, New Mexico State University
Andres Tiede, New Mexico State University
Kelly Vasquez McTeigue, University of New Mexico

Together, these scholarships help create educational pathways for students at every stage of learning including workforce training and technical certifications to advanced graduate research.

The LANL Foundation awarded nearly $1.2 million in four-year scholarships to 163 students across Northern New Mexico. Combined, the Foundation’s scholarship programs have awarded more than $1.4 million to 239 students in 2026, marking the largest scholarship investment in its history.

NMC is honored to support these efforts and invest in the next generation of New Mexico’s scientists, skilled workers, researchers, and community leaders.

To learn more about the LANL Foundation’s scholarship programs, visit lanlfoundation.org.