Pilar Borneo graduated from UNMSOL May 2020 in the midst of Covid. She works at the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office in the Metro Division. When she is not working, she enjoys hanging out with her friends and meeting new people. She loves cycling and walking her dogs. She dreams of her next vacation and hopes to cross off a new wordly adventure every year. She is excited to have been selected for the Recent Graduate Chapter and can't wait to meet and connect with all recent graduates!

Alexandra, born and raised in Las Cruces, is proud to call New Mexico home. She attended the University of New Mexico where she majored in biology and psychology, and graduated with honors in 2016. She later matriculated into the UNM School of Law, where she participated on the New Mexico Law Review and served as captain of the school’s mock trial team. During law school, Alexandra pursued diverse internship experiences including defense work, plaintiff representation, and public service. She graduated in 2020 earning the Daniels Diploma and currently serves as a law clerk to the Hon. Joel M. Carson III, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Sean was born and raised in Gallup, New Mexico. Before coming to law school, he taught middle school Spanish and English-Language Arts in Phoenix, Arizona, and English as a Second Language in Chile. He attended Arizona State University, where he studied Spanish and Political Science. He currently serves as a law clerk at the New Mexico Court of Appeals.

Abby Bannon-Schneebeck practices in the litigation group at Modrall Sperling. Her focus is predominantly on employment matters, personal injury claims, product liability cases, and commercial disputes. A native New Mexican, Abby traveled to Texas for her undergraduate degree in Political Science at Trinity University, where she graduated magna cum laude. While in college she ran track and became an NCAA Division III All-American in the 400 meter hurdles. While attending law school at UNM, Abby became a member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, the Women’s Law Caucus, received the Roehl Mock Trial Award and graduated cum laude. She worked at a variety of local firms and on the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission, assisting in drafting and passing the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. When Abby is not practicing law, she is either coaching the Albuquerque High School track team or mock trial team, playing golf, skiing, or hanging out with her friends, family and dogs.

Lauren was born and raised in Michigan and lived in Ohio, (where she received a BA in English and French from Kenyon College) Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. before moving to New Mexico to attend the University of New Mexico School of Law. Lauren graduated from UNMSOL in 2024. While a student, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Tribal Law Journal, a law clerk for the Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals, and a fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. Lauren was also a recipeint of the W.E. and Hazel T. Bondurant scholarship, the Karl E. Johnson scholarship, and the Henry Kent Anderson Human Services Award. Lauren currently practices Indian Law at Barnhouse Keegan Solimon and West.

Laura Ingersol, Ph.D., is a Registered Patent Attorney practicing all aspects of intellectual property and litigation at Peacock Law, P.C. Laura graduated from UNM School of Law in May 2024. Prior to law school, Laura attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she majored in Biology and Chemistry as an undergraduate. She moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2012 to attend graduate school at the University of New Mexico, where she earned a Master’s degree in Biomedical Science in 2014, followed by a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2021.