Josue Navarrete, a Cal State San Marcos computer science student, has been awarded a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
The grant is given to college sophomores and juniors who want to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Congress established the scholarship in 1986, and it has been awarded to thousands of undergraduates, ensuring that the United States produces the amount of highly trained professionals required in these key sectors.
Navarrete is the third CSUSM student to have received this scholarship. Navarrete, a junior, participates in CSUSM’s U-RISE program, which prepares underrepresented undergraduate science majors for doctoral studies.
Navarrete intends to do precisely that. They are pursuing a research career that combines data science, ecology, and biology. They will also pursue a Ph.D. in data science, with the goal of becoming a university professor at a Hispanic-serving school to further their interests and mentor the next generation of researchers.