aerospace graduate program in North Dakota./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/nShe went on to earn a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/u2019s in aerospace sciences from the University of North Dakota and then a doctorate in public health, aerospace medicine, and occupational and environmental health from the University of Texas/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/u2019 Health Science Center in Houston./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
Aerospace sciences was taking Beltran/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/u2019s medical skills and stretching them across a new environment where they would be applied to humans living and working in extreme environments, which included high altitudes, space and under water./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
Beltran was selected to serve as one of the medical doctors at Johnson Space Center to help develop spacewalk protocols in preparation for the International Space Station./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
During the summer of 1999 she took a short break from Johnson to serve as a medical officer for an archaeology trip to Turkey to excavate a submerged merchant ship dating back to 400 B.C. The expedition was filmed by National Geographic and released as part of National Geographic: Lost Ships of the Mediterranean./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/nWhen she returned home, she continued working on spacewalk protocols and completed her doctorate in aerospace medicine making her a flight surgeon./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
Never one to sit still, she moved to Florida where she began teaching human factors, flight physiology and safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. She also worked with military and special forces pilots at Bristow Academy, now U.S. Aviation Training Solutions in Titusville, Florida./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
After eight years of training pilots in Florida, Beltran came to UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/u2019s Florida Space Institute in 2011./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
As a teacher and physician, Beltran learned the power of words to keep people safe and make a difference. For this reason, she wrote a book, Fly High, Reach the Sky!, to inspire others to achieve their best and avoid pitfalls such as self-doubt and deferring their dreams./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/nShe especially hopes to inspire women, and in particular, those who may feel trapped by circumstances or intimidated of entering a male-dominated field./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/118678/n
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