When former UNM student Bethany Wells sat down to visit with her roommate’s parents nearly two years ago, she had no idea that this casual conversation would lead to her landing a dream job immediately after graduation. But, when your roommate is the daughter of two LANL employees, it makes sense that the conversation would eventually turn to career prospects in Los Alamos.
When former UNM student Bethany Wells sat down to visit with her roommate’s parents nearly two years ago, she had no idea that this casual conversation would lead to her landing a dream job immediately after graduation. But, when your roommate is the daughter of two LANL employees, it makes sense that the conversation would eventually turn to career prospects in Los Alamos.
Bethany continued to work and study throughout the remainder of her senior year at UNM, where she graduated with a B.S. in construction management (with a minor in management) in December 2020. Her seamless conversion to full-time employee was almost immediate, as she began her role as a project controls engineer within days of her graduation.
“I want to stay at LANL — my management team is an absolute dream,” Bethany said. “For this to be the very beginning of my career and to have so much support…it’s incredible! They believe in me more than I believe in myself — it’s something I’ve never had in a management team before.”
Bethany credits her team leader, Anne Aboushousha and their supervisor, Mike Solano, for instilling the enthusiasm and desire to continue learning and growing within Capital Projects.
“Mike told me that as soon as he sees that I’m comfortable, he’s going to throw another challenge at me. Which I love! I always want to be challenged and keep learning. My plan is to work in Small Projects for five years, then maybe move on to Project Management,” Bethany said.
With her enthusiasm, drive, ability and acumen, Bethany's is a name to remember.