Success Stories

Maxine Ortiz, ISEC Teacher at Hernandez Elementary

February 5, 2019

When you walk into Maxine Ortiz’s science classroom at Hernandez Elementary School in the Española Valley Public School District, you see posters on the walls, charts of collected data, experiential materials neatly on...

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Honoring 2018 Teachers in Rio Arriba County & Pojoaque

January 1, 2019

Teachers may be drawn to their profession for many different reasons, but when asked why they stay, they’d probably give a similar response. Passion for their students and guiding their learning keeps the bests...

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NGSS Training for Middle & High School Teachers

November 30, 2018

During the 2018 fall semester, the LANL Foundation K–12 Program team answered calls for support related to New Mexico’s newly adopted version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The NM STEM Ready Standards...

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First NM Home Visiting Summit is a Big Success

September 5, 2018

More than 300 early childhood program professionals and stakeholders gathered in Albuquerque for the first statewide New Mexico Home Visiting Summit. The event’s theme, “Raising Our Children, Elevating Our Profession,”...

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Viviana Martinez Espiricueta

2018 Scholar Viviana Martinez Espiricueta

June 6, 2018

Viviana Martinez Espiricueta pictured in The MASTERS program atrium. Education has opened up a world of possibility for her. Photo courtesy of the LANL Foundation, Andrea Multari Viviana Martinez Espiricueta, 2018...

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2018 Scholar Veronica Trujillo

May 31, 2018

Photo and story courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory When Veronica Trujillo was a child, her father—a mechanical engineer—taught her physics and calculus using his old college textbooks, which filled an entire...

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2018 Scholar Caleb Hatler

May 31, 2018

Photo and story courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory As a high school junior, Caleb Hatler took Advanced Robotics I and II at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos. There, he became so fascinated with additive...

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Cadie Carrillo, Tierra Amarilla Elementary School Teacher

ISEC Teachers Cadie Carrillo & Myra Ulibarri

May 3, 2018

Over the last year, Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) Professional Development (PD) Specialist Doris Rivera, PD Coordinator Danielle Gothie, and ISEC Program Manager David Call have spent time supporting...

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Tim Martin Memorial Scholarship

February 15, 2018

Commemorating a Loved One – The Tim Martin Memorial Scholarship After Tim Martin passed away, his family wanted to commemorate him in a meaningful way. They researched several possibilities for creating a scholarship in...

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