Cordero said he wasn\u2019t a great student in high school. \u201cI was in a lot of honors classes but I didn\u2019t perform really well,\u201d he said. \u201cI knew I wanted to be a doctor one day because I really had a passion for helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cordero said he wasn\u2019t a great student in high school. \u201cI was in a lot of honors classes but I didn\u2019t perform really well,\u201d he said. \u201cI knew I wanted to be a doctor one day because I really had a passion for helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n
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U.S. Navy Nuke and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) President Barry Cordero. (Angel Canales\/ABC News)<\/p>\n
One day he went to his school guidance counselor and asked him for advice about what he should do.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe really discouraged me from pursing college. He encouraged me to use my mechanical experience to pursue a mechanical education,\u201d Cordero recalled.<\/p>\n
Despite the advice, he applied to the University of Illinois and at the same time he went to a Navy recruiter to check out his options. On his second try, Cordero passed the nuclear engineering entry exam and two weeks letter he received an acceptance letter from the University of Illinois. He ended up going to the Navy since he already signed up for service and four days after he graduated high school he was on a bus for boot camp.
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U.S. Navy vet Barry Cordero’s boot camp graduation photo. (Courtesy of Barry Cordero)<\/p>\n
Cordero joined the Navy in 1997 and served for 6 years. He went on to become a Nuclear Electrician\u2019s Mate and in 1999 was assigned the USS Nimitz, which was being refueled and overhauled at the time. \u201cIt was a unique experience and I had a lot of opportunities to teach and that sparked my interest in teaching and coaching,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When he left the Navy in 2003, Cordero decided to pursue a bioengineering degree. He enrolled at the University of California, San Diego bioengineering program and graduated in 2007.<\/p>\n
When he was a tutor at Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), there was a group of students working on a project for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). The students asked Cordero to help them with the project and that was his first pull into the organization he now leads as president. He said he enjoyed organizing that project with the students and having an impact in the community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So go read the rest about a veteran works to inspire youngsters in a field that needs more Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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