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UNM Engineering student competes on American Ninja Warrior
August 1, 2024 - By Carly Bowling
If you think a college student studying nuclear engineering by day and training as a ninja by night sounds like the plot of a television series, you would almost be right.
Ixchel Valentino, a second-year nuclear engineering student at The University of New Mexico, is a contestant on season 16 of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. While she can’t yet share how far she made it into the season, her next appearance is set to air on Monday, Aug. 12 on NBC and the next day on Peacock.