Dr. Merranda Romero Marin Co-Director of the NMSU URISE Program was awarded the 2024 ACES Family & Consumer Science Industry Award in recognition to her significant accomplishments within the professional field(s) encompassed by Family & Consumer Sciences at NMSU ACES College on August 2024.

Left to write: Jay M. Lillywhite, Interim Associate Dean and Director of Research; Merranda Romero Marin, Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Science; Rolando A. Flores, Dean of ACES; Donald Conner, Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs; John Boren, Associate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service; and Efren Delgado, Professor and Department Head; Family and Consumer Science.