Los Alamos Medical Center, high school host 16 students in MASH program
Los Alamos Medical Center and Los Alamos High School put 16 students through MASH, a two-week health-care camp aimed at building the county’s future workforce.
Los Alamos Medical Center and Los Alamos High School hosted 16 students in the 2026 MASH program, putting local teenagers inside the county’s main health-care institution and into an early pipeline for future hospital careers. For Los Alamos residents, the practical value is clear: the program gives students a chance to imagine themselves as nurses, technicians or physicians without leaving town.
MASH stands for Multiple Avenues for Successful Healthcare, and Los Alamos Medical Center was already recruiting applicants for the 2026 program on Feb. 25. A separate description of the program said it gives local high school students hands-on health-care experience during a two-week camp, a format that makes the effort more than a single career fair or a one-day tour.
The 16 students recognized at graduation day at LAMC were Dellany Balkey, Chloe Coffey, Ina Christensen, Leah Herrera, Isabella Jaramillo, Willow Landis, Bryan Lee, Paige Mecham, Kai Parker, Elizabeth Rosette, Rebekah Scott, Payton Sutherland, Bryanna Trujillo, Adrianna Tuzel, Michael Witkowski and Campbell Woshnok. Their participation tied Los Alamos High School directly to Los Alamos Medical Center, one of the county’s most important employers and training grounds for future health workers.
That local connection matters because Los Alamos Medical Center is the only hospital in Los Alamos County. It is also a 47-bed acute care facility that has served Northern New Mexico for more than 70 years, which makes every effort to cultivate homegrown health-care talent part of a longer-term staffing strategy, not just a student enrichment activity.
Programs like MASH give the county a way to introduce students to health care while they are still deciding what comes next after high school. In a community where residents depend on a small number of essential institutions, growing local talent can help keep future health-care workers close to home and strengthen the county’s medical workforce for years to come.
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