Genevieve Zasada '08

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I am an officer in the United States Air Force and F-16 fighter pilot out of Washington, DC.

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Unless you have family in aviation or a mentor, aviation, especially for women, tend to be overlook as a career path. There are many careers in aviation including:

Flight instruction
Corporate aviation
Airlines
Medical airlift
Military aviation
Air Traffic Control
Fire Fighting
Wild life tracking
and More...

I want to help women interested in this career get a better understanding of how to pursue flight. Aviation has high barriers to entry due to cost and hour requirement, but there are ways to become a pilot with hard work, timing and flexibility.

After gaining a spectacularly boring college degree in finance and working in corporate sales, I went backpacking for a year looking for something more. During that time I discovered my love for travel and my love for flying. I was selected by the Air Force to attend specialized flight training to fly F-16s with the Air National Guard.