Staff Contacts

Name	Phone	Email	Title
Assessment Help Desk		ped.assessment@ped.nm.gov	Help & Support General Questions
Lynn Vásquez	(505) 469-8967	lynn.vasquez@ped.nm.gov	Senior Manager, Assessment, Research, Evaluation, and Accountability (AREA) Assessment Policy & Program Oversight USED Peer Review Requirements Demonstration of Competency for Graduation AAAC & TAC Management
Neil Tulabing	(505) 470-6359	leoneil.tulabing@ped.nm.gov	NAEP Assessment Specialist Early Development Instrument (EDI) Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ)
Omran Akasha, PhD	(505) 629-9783	omran.akasha@ped.nm.gov	ACCESS & Avant Assessment Specialist ACCESS & Alt-ACCESS for ELLs Avant Stamp EL Waiver & ACCESS Domain Exemptions PED DTC Portal Accounts
Alice Banks	(505) 412-3323	alice.banks@ped.nm.gov	NM-MSSA, iMSSA, & DLM Assessment Specialist New Mexico Measures of Student Success & Achievement (NM-MSSA) & iMSSA Interim Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)
Mireya Gonzalez	(505) 695-8167	mireya.gonzalez@ped.nm.gov	Amira and NM-ASR Assessment Specialist Amira New Mexico Assessment of Science Readiness (NM-ASR)
Christina Fritz	(505) 370-9308	christina.fritz@ped.nm.gov	SAT Assessment Specialist SAT School Day SAT School Day Off-Grade Level Waivers Prueba de Aptitud Académica (PAA) College Board Support (866) 499-6154 nmsat@collegeboard.org
Vanessa Gurule	(505) 660-1560	vanessa.gurule@ped.nm.gov	Administrative & Business Operations Coordinator Superintendent DTC Designation Forms & New DTC Registration

Other Assessment Contacts

Name	Phone	Email	Title
Elena Aguilar	(505) 372-9458	elena.aguilar@ped.nm.gov	EL Screener
Amanda Dawson	–	adawson@collegeboard.org	PSAT and Advanced Placement