“UNM gives students lots of opportunities for internships and student lead projects. I know this will sound cheesey but I’m most proud of the friendships I’ve made and networking. In the film program I learned that networking is very important to do in the film industry. Over the summer I got a job with amazon as a grip through a friend . I’ve learned alot here at UNM about the film industry.”

– Antonio De Dios, Undergraduate Student in Film & Ditigal Arts

“I think that students get overwhelmed with all the work and the diverse faculty here at the UNM Department of Music are understanding, resourceful, and so easy to work with. They genuinely care about their students. I feel very fortunate to be studying here at UNM.”

– Elsa Mota, Undergraduate Student in Voice Performance

“I don’t think that I have ever been in a class within the Fine Arts Department where any of my ideas have been shot down, or I have been told ‘no’. The faculty and the peers are so focused on building up your idea and concepts.”

– Joseph McKee, Undergraduate Student in Art History

“I had dropped out of high school and I really didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was working in the service industry and on a whim I ended up going to UNM because I didn’t have much else I wanted to do. I found a real love and passion for design in this program. I found that I’m good at it, I’ve found that I enjoy doing that. I stay after most of my classes finishing up things that I’m working on. The University allowed me to find that passion and direct my creative energy towards something that could be a career. It brought that
option to me, not that I was not aware, but I didn’t think it was real until I came to the University.”

—Pearl Modine, Undergraduate Student in Design and Technology for Performance
with a concentration in Costuming

“When I first got to UNM, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to major in. When I finally decided I wanted to go with film, there were still so many options within the film industry that you can do. UNM provides a lot of opportunities to allow you to figure out what you want to do and explore different aspects. Especially within the film industry, they allow you to explore camera operation, production, editing. The amount of credits I’ve gotten in the last year, the movies and TV shows I’ve worked on – I wouldn’t have had those movie credits without the opportunities, people I’ve met, and the networking I’ve done here at UNM…Those credits are my very first credits and I’m kind of proud of those.”

–Bryanna Acosta, Undergraduate Student in Film and Digital Media/Spanish