Miriam Rodón Naveira

In December 2000, Rodón-Naveira became an earth science remote sensing scientist with NASA at Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Her responsibilities included coordinating and conducting research to enhance collaboration between Directorates within DFRC, NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, universities, Indian tribes and other governments and international entities; all in support of the integrated use of remote sensing instruments.

In 1990, Rodón-Naveira worked with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a biologist, project officer and environmental research scientist. In 1995, she became the first woman minority branch chief within the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and in 1998, the first Hispanic woman to hold the deputy directorship for the Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) within the NERL.

Miriam Rodón Naveira (born April 2, 1963) is an environmental scientist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, working at the federal government of the United States for which she was awarded a Silver Medal for Superior Service and a Suzanne Olive EEO and Diversity Award both by the EPA. She was also the first Hispanic woman to serve as branch chief of the EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and later the first Hispanic woman to become deputy director of NERL's Environmental Sciences Division. Working at NASA since 2000, she now oversees research to enhance collaboration within DFRC, as well as with external entities, in support of the integrated use of remote sensing instruments in aerial platforms.

Rodón Naveira was born on April 2, 1963 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was raised and received both her primary and secondary education. Her mother was Miriam Naveira, the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and her father was a prominent businessman. After graduating from high school, she continued her academic education at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. where she earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology. She also holds a doctoral degree in Biology-Earth Science Micro-Ecology from Georgetown University.