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Serving within this role, Correa also works with sister services (U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy) as the single manager for conventional ammunition, ensuring collaborations with multiple stakeholders from different organizations.
“Collectively, our mission is to ensure that product is ready for fielding, and that we create and maintain a plan to sustain and refresh these products over their life cycle,” she said. “My role is critical in providing the best capability possible to the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to serve and defend our Nation. We are not all on the battlefield, but we can all do our best to contribute to their success.”
Correa’s Army career began with an engineering role at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey in 2007. “I was eager to find a promising career in engineering, so when my friend from college mentioned she referred me to her supervisor, it was music to my ears,” Correa said. At the time, she was working at a small company as a qual- ity manager with only 75 employees, but knew she wanted more in the long run.
“I tried my luck and sent my resume to the branch chief and within months I started as a quality engineer in the DEVCOM Armament Center Small Caliber Ammunition Branch,” she said. “Tis was a great opportunity for me as it provided me so many development opportunities, taught me about leadership and furthering myself through advanced training.”
Correa has taken three courses in leadership development through the University of Pennsylvania Certificate Program, the last being in April 2024 called “Sensemaking and Judgement.”
“Tis course taught me about critical thinking and developing good cognitive habits to enhance problem-solving and decision- making skills,” she said. “One of the things that I gleaned from this course was learning about metacognition—my mind’s abil- ity to be aware of its own thinking. We often treat problems from our own biases, which can lead to jumping to conclusions. However, learning about how these biases influence our decisions can help us to pause long enough to think and apply sensemak- ing to reach the best conclusion. Tis was a great course and I would highly recommend it to anyone seeking increased self- awareness and refining their leadership skills.”
An advocate of JPEO A&A’s mentorship program, Correa believes that advising junior acquisition personnel is vital. “I was super inquisitive when I started as a project officer, asking questions about all products, processes and even people. I believe
that much of the information we know about executing our jobs isn’t captured within documents or work procedures, which is why sharing what we know is so important.”
For example, Correa said recently a new team member was responsible for preparing and managing a Program Manage- ment Review (PMR) and had to coordinate with stakeholders from several different agencies. Constant communication was essential to obtain the latest program updates to be reported for this audience.
Tis was overwhelming, she said, but in “sharing information from previous years and advising him on prioritizing certain functions, he executed the PMR successfully.” Since then, she added, he has enrolled in DAU leadership training courses that she also completed, like “Presenting to Senior Executives,” which she believes will help him be more successful within his role at the program management office.
Outside of work, Correa is an avid sports mom. Her son, Mason, plays travel baseball, soccer, basketball and football, and after work she can usually be found at the field cheering on her son from the sidelines—humbly confessing she’s his “loudest fan.” Correa also volunteers at her church as a teens’ ministry leader responsible for facilitating monthly food drives in Newark, New Jersey. “In both capacities, the one thing in common with my work is that I take personal responsibility to serve and be involved in my community,” she said.
Correa also serves as a volunteer at the annual “Introduce A Girl To Engineering” at Picatinny Arsenal where students engage with different groups and learn about the different products produced or managed by the Picatinny team. She also participates in public forums at schools, including her alma mater, New Jersey Insti- tute of Technology.
“My aim is to encourage young adults in pursuing careers in engi- neering,” she said. “Growing up, I did not personally know one engineer, let alone a female engineer; therefore, I have made it my personal mission to encourage young girls about the oppor- tunities available for them through STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics]. I’d like to think that one conver- sation can lead to inspiring them to look in the mirror and see a future in engineering as well.”
—CHERYL MARINO
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