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the of the environmental sciences division of the national exposure research first laboratory -lrb- nerl -rrb- . hispanic woman to serve as deputy director sarah san juan , puerto rico 150px puerto rican 2 april 1963 christopher mace miriam rodon.jpg miriam rodón naveira
 dr. miriam rodón naveira electronics engineer and scientist
miriam rodón naveira

miriam rodón naveira -lrb- born april 2 , 1963 -rrb- 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 -lrb- nerl -rrb- 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 .
