Naveen Cunha

Naveen Cunha received his BS in Geology in 1986 and started his teaching career as a 5th grade math/science teacher in 1989.  He received his MEd in Educational Technology in 1999 and had the opportunity to teach self-contained 6th grade.  During that time, he developed some highly effective interdisciplinary problem-based learning units.  He received the Presidential Award for science teaching in 2002 and served as an Einstein Fellow with NASA's office of education from 2004 - 2006.

 
It was during the fellowship that he was introduced to ITEEA. He found myself in the midst of educated and dedicated educators from all over the world. To this day, he use resources gained from that conference. Consequently, he ventured into the realm of Technology and Engineering, the application of the science /math foundation he had built over the years. As an instructor of a high school Engineering course at the middle school level in a STEM academy, he has been a Robotics instructor for the past six years and continues to be the advisor for several related organizations including FIRST robotics, Seaperch, and TSA.