She held various teaching and research positions in the higher education sector for over 10 years prior to joining the UAB faculty in 2008. Ms. Navarrete received her B.S. degree in physics from National University of Colombia, Bogota Colombia in 1994. She received M.S. degrees in physics from Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan in 1998, and from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Alabama in 2006. She is a member of the American Physical Society and the Health Physics Society.Ms. Navarrete teaches Physics for Technologist, Medical Radiation Physics, Instrumentation, and assists with Instrumentation Lab, Applications of Radiation Protection and Biology, and a Physics Review module for the UAB Nurse Anesthesia program.