From Navy SEAL to NASA: Dr. Cesar C. Navarrete

Dr. Cesar C. Navarrete is Assistant Professor of Education at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. He has served as a US Navy SEAL and worked in astronaut crew training at NASA in the Space Shuttle program. He received a Masters and a Doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught graduate level courses at the New York Institute of Technology and University of Texas at San Antonio. Research interests include learning technologies, English language learner education, learner intrinsic motivation, creative thinking, computational thinking, and cybersecurity education. He serves on the Board of Directors for Families in Nature organization and as a counselor for the St. Francis College Kappa Delta Pi, Xi Rho Chapter. His hobbies include playing baritone and alto saxophone, guitar, and bass.

In this episode, Dr. Navarrete shares his unique journey into academia and talks about how a lifelong love of learning has led him from military training to NASA and even the ballet.