Scholorship Winner! Dr. Kimberly Metris
The flyGIRL Scholarship has distributed two scholarships this year to two well-deserving applicants. After partnering with Women in Aviation International, we received over two hundred applications for the award. The scholarship made its first distribution in 2018 to flyGIRL Megan Gerding. She has since become an instructor with her CFI and CFII at Sporty’s Academy near Cincinnati, Ohio. As the founder of flyGIRL, I’ve been very involved with the review and selection of the prizewinners. Because of the large number of submissions, it was decided to form a
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review committee. This all-female panel was completely comprised of licensed pilots. We all enjoyed reading the essays and reviewing the personal stories of all the passionate female aviators. It was tough narrowing down the options. Each person was well-deserving of the reward. However, the reality is that funds are limited. Believe me, if I won the lottery, it would all go to funding more scholarships so that more women could pursue their aviation dreams! After speaking with the top five applicant choices, there was one whose story stood out slightly more than the others. During a video
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