CNM Students Take Home 39 Medals in SkillsUSA New Mexico State Leadership and Skills Conference
CNM is proud to announce that our students took home 39 medals in 17 separate categories during the 2025 SkillsUSA New Mexico State Leadership and Skills Conference. Of those, 14 students won gold, 15 won silver, and 10 won bronze. Our students also swept five categories by taking first, second, and third place.
The event, which was hosted by CNM, featured a record 1,200-plus high school and college student competitors from around the state who competed in over 60 career and technical education events ranging from culinary arts to welding.
CNM’s gold medalists will get the opportunity to represent the college and New Mexico as they put their skills to the test at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, which takes place June 23-27 in Atlanta, Georgia. It's billed as the largest gathering of America’s future skilled workforce and the ultimate recognition of excellence in career and technical education.
You can view a full list of the CNM winners and a photo gallery from the event below. Congratulations to all of the competitors and good luck to everyone heading to the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference!
Automotive
- Tomas Giron – Bronze
Aviation
- Orion Francis - Gold
- Derek Tarman - Silver
- Christina Nguyen – Bronze
Baking & Pastries
- Veronica Romero – Gold
- Nikaya Stallworth – Bronze
Cabinet Making
- Caleb Cooper - Gold
- Ian Leslie - Silver
- Victoria Fernandez – Bronze
Customer Service
- Federica Martinelli – Silver
Culinary Arts
- Elian Estrada – Gold
- Nate Habelt - Silver
Diesel
- Derik Haaf – Gold
- Kyle Sparks – Silver
Diesel – High School
- Leeroy Kirkbride – Silver
Electrical Construction Wiring
- Cutter Elorini – Gold
- Matthew Salas – Silver
- Diego Rivera-Holguin – Bronze
Extemporaneous Speaking
- Luis Romero - Bronze
HVAC
- Jackson Davis – Gold
- Dillon Kiley – Silver
- Andrew Hernandez – Bronze
Job Interview
- Lynda Ramos-Olivas – Bronze
Related Technical Math
- Greg Giron – Gold
- Dung Nguyen – Silver
Sheet Metal
- Kace Ice-Johnson – Gold
- Jason Garcia – Silver
- Angelica Nino - Bronze
Welding
- Sebastiao Parker – Gold
- Julian Gonzales – Silver
Welding Fabrication
- Justin Tidmore, Avery Sutherlin, Paul Pacheco – Gold
- Javier Ornelas, Justin Daniels, Trevor Wienberg – Silver
Welding Sculpture
- Lawrence Bramer – Gold
- Malia Grimes – Silver
- Cole Penalosa – Bronze
