Student Well-Being

Mission

The Student Well-Being team provides service through collaboration within the University and greater community. Our aim is to provide stability for students in their immediate circumstances and to help them build skills for ongoing personal agency. 

We achieve this by acting as a resource for students, offering direct service and collaborating on wellness-oriented programming with the UNM community.

Find a Resource

We created the Student Well-Being website to make searching for the right well-being resources easy. The site provides a directory of UNM services that cover physical, emotional & mental, social, sexual, spiritual, financial, professional & intellectual, and environmental well-being needs. Not finding what you need? Contact the Student Well-Being team and we'll offer personalized resource navigation and consultation. 

 

Visit the Lobo Well-Being Website

 

Core Services

Our team, housed within the Dean of Students Office, provides a number of core services dedicated to physical, financial, emotional & mental, environmental, and sexual well-being. These initiatives include the:

  • Campus Assessment Response Education team (CARE)
  • Center for Financial Capability (CFC)
  • Dean of Students Emergency Scholarship
  • LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center
  • Short-Term Loan Program
  • Social Work Intern Program & Wellness Coaching

 

Meet the Team

Greg Golden

Greg Golden

Associate Dean of Student Well-Being

Areas of focus: 

  • Case management
  • Policy & student advocacy
  • Lobo Well-Being partnerships
Miquela Ortiz-Upston

Miquela Ortiz-Upston

Social Worker

Areas of focus: 

  • Social Work Internship training
  • Advancement of New Mexico workforce
  • Strengths based problem solving
  • Basic Needs Consortium collaboration
  • Assessment & evaluation of interventions
Margaret White

Margaret White

Case Manager/Social Worker

Areas of focus: 

  • Needs assessment for support services
  • Campus services navigation
  • Community services navigation
  • Mental health connections
Jose Samuel Lechuga

Jose Samuel Lechuga

Student CARE Coordinator

Areas of focus: 

  • Resource navigation
  • Staff/faculty classroom support
  • Student support
  • Policy & student advocacy
Lisa Lindquist

Lisa Lindquist

Director, LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center

 

Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez

Project Assistant, Center for Financial Capability

Areas of focus: 

  • Scholarship search
  • Personal budgeting
  • Financial education & research
  • Tax assistance
Graeme Nicholl

Graeme Nicholl

Well-Being Programs & Assessment Coordinator

Areas of focus:

  • Short-Term Loan Program
  • DoS Emergency Scholarship
  • Program assessment
  • Website & marketing