Sandia rolls out new app to foster healthy living

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Labs kicked off a new health and wellness effort, complete with a new online resource: Wellworks For You.

Sandians enrolled in a Sandia medical plan can earn hundreds of dollars toward their health reimbursement account or health savings account by logging in, watching wellness videos and taking a health assessment in the Wellworks app that replaced Virgin Pulse. The app also provides tools to track active minutes, sleep, glucose, calories and more to enhance a user’s wellness journey.

The Labs is making the health and wellness of Sandians a critical goal this year because it connects directly to Sandia’s values and purpose, espousing the notion that if we prioritize our own well-being and encourage others to do the same, we become stronger together.

“If you want a better organization, it starts with a better you,” said Trish Benguerel, deputy associate Labs director of the Integrated Security Solutions Division. “Imagine the power of our community when we come to work. That’s why health and well-being is so important — so critical.”

At the events in Albuquerque and Livermore, Employee Health and Wellbeing staff, along with the Community Involvement team, hosted information tables, fun events and healthy snacks.

“We were so pleased with the turnout at our 2025 Employee Health & Wellbeing kickoff, with hundreds in attendance in New Mexico and California, and nearly 2,200 tuned into the livestream across all our sites,” California Preventive Health Program Coordinator Joy MacPherson said. “We haven’t seen numbers that high since pre-COVID. I think people are eager to engage with the new Wellworks platform and learn about the many resources Sandia provides to help employees. These services are especially important now, with so much change and uncertainty on the global and personal levels.”

Search Inside Sandia for directions to enroll and a QR code to download the app onto your Sandia-owned phone.