Spring 2026 PLFs
Our Peer Learning Facilitators (PLFs) are student leaders who provide peer-to-peer academic support in key courses across UNM.Use the cards below to learn more, find a PLF, see what they support, and connect during office hours.

El Paso, TX
Exercise Science
CHEM 1215 General Chemistry for STEM Majors 1
I'm an avid concert-goer, having been to more than 30 concerts in total across several different genres within the last couple years.

Farmington, NM
Biology
BIOL 2101 Molecules to Cells
I've wanted to be a veterinarian since I was 5, and hope to work in wildlife rehabilitation one day!

Belen, NM
Sociology & Biochemistry
CHEM 1215 General Chemistry for STEM Majors
I love traveling, I've been to 6 countries and I hope to make it 10 by the end of the year. Learning about different cultures is a passion of mine.

Spring Hill, Tennessee
Biochemistry and Psychology
CHEM 1225 General Chemistry II
I wrote and published a children's book!

Albuquerque, NM
Nursing
BIO 2305 Microbiology for Health-Related Sciences
I love hot yoga!

Centennial, CO,
Consturction Management
Accounting 2110
A fun fact about myself is that I lived in Costa Rica and in Kenya for a brief time after highschool!

Albuquerque
Biochemistry
General chemistry I for STEM majors CHEM 1215
I can do the splits

I was born in the UK and moved all over
Biochemistry and a minor Biology
I support BioL 1140 a intro health science class.
I am obsessed with my cat and my fish tanks

Albuquerque, NM
Nutrition and Dietetics
NUTR-2110 Human Nutrition
I am a twin! My sister is also at UNM, and she is studying Exercise Science.

Albuquerque
B.A. in Biology, with minors in Chemistry and Spanish, and a certificate in Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts.
BIOL 2210 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
At one point in my life, I was ranked 350th in North America in Valorant

Colorado Springs, CO
Nursing
BIOL 2305 Microbiology for Health- Related Sciences
I've been to 21 concerts!

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nuclear Medicine
BIOL 2225 Anatomy and Physiology II
I'm half-Persian, half-Honduran and I was born in Norway! Still somehow ended up in New Mexico after all that...

Albuquerque, NM
Geography and Languages
CHEM 1215 General Chemistry I
I'm a bit of a languages nerd.

El Paso, TX
exercise science
Anatomy and Physiology 1
I love watching sports, with my favorites being college basketball and pro football. I also enjoy following my favorite teams to different cities.

Montrose, CO
Biology and Chemistry
BIOL1140
I am a 5th generation artist and outside of my classes I love to make art, from photography to beadwork.

Upland, California
Biochemistry
Phys 1240 and Biol2101
I love baseball and have two pet bunnies

Albuquerque, NM
Nutrition
NUTR 2110 Human Nutrition
I love to ski!

Albuquerque, NM
Major in Biochemistry, Minor in Psychology
BIOL 2305 - Microbiology for Health Sciences
I share a birthday with Harry Potter!

albuquerque
Nutrition and Dietetics + Biology + minor in chemistry
NUTR 2110
My cat and I share a birthday 😸

Albuquerque, NM
Business Administration (Accounting Concentration)
ACCT 2110 Principles of Accounting 1
I have been doing Tae-Kwon-Do since I have been in elementary school and still practice to this day.

Taos
Medical Laboratory Science
Anatomy and Physiology 1
I have been playing guitar for 10 years, and I also enjoy playing the piano and singing. I also like to write songs, short stories, and prose.

Austin, TX
Biology and Chemical Biology
BIOL300c Evolution
My favorite food is egg.

Los Alamos
Biology, Minor in Chemistry
Anatomy and Physiology 2 - Dr. Amanda Standfeild
I really love rock climbing and hiking. I recently hiked in the Alps and loved it!

Albuquerque, NM
Environmental Science
Information Design in Science & Society (GEOG-2115)
I play the trumpet!

Bloomfield, NM
Biology
CHEM 1225 General Chemistry II
I enjoy baking in my free time and I love cats.

Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
Nutrition and Dietetics with minors in Chemistry and Psychology
Human Nutrition Nutr 2110
I love art and currently helping to revive the art of traditional pottery making at my pueblo. I also love the mountains, so far my favorite is Mount Baker.

Denver, CO
Finance & Accounting
ACCT 2110 Principles of Accounting 1
I enjoy outdoor activities such as skiing and hiking!

Flanders, New Jersey
Nursing
BIOL 1140 (Dr. Buckholz)
I enjoy long distance backpacking and have completed over 1,100 backpacking miles.

Albuquerque, NM
Computer Science
CS-105L Intro to Computer Programming
Outside of class, I enjoy working on creative projects, especially art and crafts.

Albuquerque
Exerrcise Science
Human Anatomy/Physiology II
Love going to the gym and lifting weights!

Albuquerque, NM
Biology
Gen Chem 1
I am a biology major because I watched Jurassic Park as a child and wanted to become a geneticist.

Clovis, NM
Biochemistry
Microbiology for Health Sciences
I like to spend my time staying active by playing sports and going to the gym

Albuquerque, NM
Liberal Arts & Integrative Studies
SOCI 1110 Intro to Sociology
I'm originally from New Mexico, but I used to live in Minnesota.

Ferndale, WA
Nursing
Chem 1225 General Chemistry 2
I enjoy hiking and baking in my free time.

Santa Fe
Biology
2101 Principles of Biology: Molecules to Cells
I have two rabbits, a minilop and dutchie.

Tucker, GA
Biology
BIOL300C (Evolution)
My go-to meal to cook while doing field work is spam kimchi fried rice

Albuquerque, NM
Chemical & Biological Engineering
BIOL 300C Evolution
I love to snowboard!

Albuquerque, NM
Major: B.S. Biology, Minor: Earth and Planetary Sciences
BIOL 2101, Biology Molecules to Cells.
For as long as I can remember I've always been a massive nerd about all things prehistoric, and I hope one day to become a paleontologist! I'm always sketching dinosaurs in my note books, on white boards, and whenever I get a free moment. In fact, you can see me standing in front the skeleton of Big Al, the Allosaurus, in my picture at the University of Birmingham during the 2025 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference.
