Rutgers Student Makes Long Journey
Monday, September 30, 2019
From Immigration Battle to Outer Space NASA’s Diana Trujillo discusses Rutgers student’s persistence in her quest to become an astronaut New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 30, 2019) – Becoming an astronaut is challenging for anyone, but Marissa Navarro’s dream was complicated by an eight-year fight to stay in the United States. Today, however, the Mexican immigrant is one step closer to her goal of reaching outer space. Navarro, an electrical and computer engineering student at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, spent last summer mentored by NASA aerospace engineer Diana Trujillo, who was mission lead on the Mars Curiosity Rover. Navarro also secured a... Read more →