Success Stories

2017 Scholar Charlyna Gonzales

August 15, 2017

On the scenic High Road to Taos sits Vadito, NM. The small village is best known as the home of Sipapu Ski Resort, but to locals it’s a place of rich tradition and community. Charlyna Gonzales spent a lot of time...

2017 Scholar Khaled Khweis

August 15, 2017

For Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship winner Khaled Khweis, growing up with three sisters and two brothers brought a spirit of competition. They had lively dinner discussions with their parents, asserted their points of...

2017 RCRS Scholar Jinelle Scully

August 16, 2017

Did you know that the LANL Foundation offers support for adults returning to education? Scholarships offered through the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarships Fund (LAESF) for Northern New Mexicans seeking higher...

2017 Scholar Wilbur Wang

August 16, 2017

Wilbur Wang, Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund award winner, is driven by curiosity. Growing up in Los Alamos meant being surrounded by exploration, open-ended questions, research, and above all science. “This...

2017 Scholar Joseph Estrada

August 16, 2017

A Small, Local Library Opens Up a World of Learning Joseph Estrada is a voracious learner and reader. He calls the Embudo Valley Library the center of the community, but for him it was like a second home. The library...

2017 Tribal Business Scholar Justina Coriz

September 7, 2017

My name is Justina C. Coriz, and I am a tribal member of the Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos. I am a student/athlete at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas. I am beginning my fourth year at...

ISEC Teacher Rachel Barber

August 24, 2017

Above: ISEC teacher Rachel Barber and her class at Pojoaque 6th Grade Academy start a lesson in a Meaning Making Circle. Synthesizing Complex Concepts After just returning from spring break, and in anticipation of...

Inquiry Learning in Science & Beyond

February 15, 2017

Students from Jen Kennedy's third grade class at Nava Elementary learned about the Sun, Moon & Stars with the support of the Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) experiential materials and curriculum....

Larry Cox

February 14, 2017

Knowing the level of need in New Mexico, I decided to give to Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund in 1999, its first year. I’ve given every year since and increased my donation. I’ve mentored students at the Lab and...