I approve of this Slate of three to the NMPMSE Board:
Ling Faith-Heuertz, Executive Director, NM MESA. Ling is a first generation college student. She holds undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and English Literature from the University of Nebraska, and a Masters in Special Education from the University of New Mexico. She is a certified Project Manager and holds an ESL certification. A transplant to New Mexico from the Midwest. Her family moved to the Land of Enchantment in 1998 after falling in love with the diverse terrain, food, and communities. She has two daughters who attended Albuquerque Public Schools, one daughter obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Landscape Architecture at UNM and the other daughter obtained her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from UA. Both are working and giving back to their communities in New Mexico for which Ling and her husband are grateful for having them close by and for their love of their home state. Ling joined NM MESA in 2017, bringing with her over twenty years of experience from the nonprofit world. She believes strongly in public education and community investment and spends much of her free time volunteering for various organizations in New Mexico.
TK O’Geary, LSSMBB, PID, DTM TKO Performance Group. Works with people and organizations who want to engage others productively to deliver remarkable results. TK is President, National Speakers Association New Mexico. She has also been involved with New Mexico MESA.
James Taylor is a founder of MathAmigos in 2017 and has been the driving force behind its Math Circles and Exploding Dots programs. James is an instructor at all MathAmigos’ teacher workshops, and actively seeks out and provides mentoring to SFPS teachers who become workshop instructors. As founder of the Math Circles Collaborative of New Mexico and the Math Teachers’ Circle of Santa Fe, James has led countless math circles, festivals, and wrangles in New Mexico and Arizona. He retired after 21 years at Santa Fe Preparatory School as computer department chair, computer and mathematics teacher, and Director of Technology.
