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Angelica Walde

6/25/2021

Hello everyone!
My name is Angelica Walde and I am a civil engineering major currently going into my junior year here at The University of New Mexico. I just finished my first semester of SWE and this is my first leadership position. I am excited to be a co-chair of the social media team along with my twin sister Cassandra Walde for the 2021-2022 school year!

This year I am excited to see what SWE does because I have heard about the conferences they go to ( this year it is in Indiana!) and because hopefully we will actually be in person to meet! From the last semester that I have attended SWE I really enjoyed our guest speakers, SWE’s plant night, and the SWE night escape room that we did all over zoom. This summer I am taking 5 summer courses so my summer has been a little hectic. But usually during summer I go to California for vacation, I like to go camping and I like hanging out with my friends. I was introduced to this group by my friend Sasha! Then I joined this group for the potential to meet new people and to be in a well respected group that is well known for their community service. When I am not doing homework I am usually at work, hanging out with friends and family, or I am traveling. Other than that I really like to get coffee from different coffee shops around New Mexico, and I really love to travel to new places! (The picture below is Cassandra on the left and me on the right)

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Anna Janicek

6/15/2021

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Hi all!
My name is Anna Janicek, and I am an incoming senior in electrical engineering. I have been in SWE for 6 semesters and have held 3 previous leadership positions. I am excited for this academic year (2021-2022) because I will be in my 4th leadership position as conference co-chair. I am most excited to go to conference this year! SWE UNM goes to two conferences each academic year. This year, our national conference will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana and our local conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am super excited for conference to be in-person and to be able to take a bunch of people to our local conference.

Ending my undergraduate experience as conference co-chair means a lot to me since I really got involved in SWE and the engineering community at UNM after my first national conference. My first SWE conference was during the Fall semester of my freshman year, and I got to visit Minneapolis, Minnesota. I roomed with the now president and my co-conference chair. We all bonded at conference and made some amazing SWE memories! I think having such an
awesome time at our first conference greatly influenced our
interest in being more involved in SWE UNM when we returned and is a big reason each of us have held executive and committee positions since joining.

My hope is that other new SWEsters have just as great of a time at conference this year as I did my freshman year! It is so exciting to see each new class of engineers be so involved in SWE and I think the commitment to leading and organizing such a large student organization starts with the friendships and the good memories made at conference!

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Alicja Sadzewicz

6/9/2021

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Hi everyone!

I’m Alicja Sadzewicz, and I will be your Outreach Co-Chair for this year! If you scroll down in the blog, you will see an ‘Alicja’ introductory post from last year; this is the second year in a row where I will be an Outreach Co-chair. This year I will also be a Senior in Chemical Engineering… which is wild. How did this happen?! Although, I think I still have to make it through the summer before I can officially call myself a “Senior”.

I have a job working in materials, so I spend most of my summer days looking through very expensive microscopes (which I feel like I have no business being around, much less running), and swabbing things with chemicals. Recently, I took a summer vacation to California. Much to my disappointment, I didn’t get to go to Disneyland (only California Residents are allowed right now). But, one of my favorite SWE memories was when we went to Anaheim for conference, and afterward some friends and I all got to go to Disney together! The picture’s a little blurry, but if you look close you can make out our president: Hailey Cuevas!

Moving on…here’s another picture from my most recent vacation where I went to the San Diego Air and Space Museum and met an astronaut friend:

The thing I am most excited for this year is to hopefully go to SWE meetings in person. No clue when or if it will happen, but things seem to be looking up! For new members, or those who joined during the pandemic, the in-person meetings always have really good snacks. Though, I promise I’m not a member of SWE just for the free food. Everyone I have met in SWE has been super encouraging, and SWE even helped me get the job I have now. Anyways, I’m definitely excited to spend my last year as an undergraduate working with such a great student organization.

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Sierra Quintana

6/3/2021

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Howdy Everyone!

I am Sierra Quintana, a rising sophomore at the University of New Mexico. I am majoring in electrical engineering and pursuing a minor through the Honors College. My home has always been Albuquerque, New Mexico, so I have been surrounded by Lobo traditions my whole life. Though, I think it is important to note that I grew up an NMSU Aggie fan since both my parents are alum. Nevertheless, I am filled with Lobo Spirit now. It is very exciting to announce that I have the pleasure of being UNM’s Society of Women Engineers Outreach Co Chair for the 2021-2022 school year.

I am beyond excited to continue the amazing work that UNM SWE has been doing. It is my goal to expose students not yet at the collegiate level to the incredible opportunities that engineers have. I plan to use my connections to Cibola High School, NM MESA, and New Mexico’s VEX Robotics league to accomplish my objective. In addition to SWE, I am very involved around campus. I am an ASUNM Senator, and I want to encourage feedback from my peers so we can improve the UNM experience. Also, I have graduated from the Emerging Lobo Leaders program and I actively participate in ASUNM Community Experience. Additionally, I am part of Greek life through being a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Plus, I am also a member of UNM Circle K.

This summer has and is going to continue to be extremely busy. I have been working in a lab at the Center for High Technology Materials doing undergraduate research alongside graduate and PHD students since the start of the 2020 fall semester. Fun fact, I have actually been at CHTM since the summer of 2019 when I got a high school internship. In addition to lab work, I was chosen to be a New Student Orientation Leader. I am very excited to introduce new Lobo’s to all the great opportunities, like SWE, that UNM has to offer. I hope you all have a great summer, and I can’t wait to see everyone in-person in the fall!

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