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Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. Today we have a special guest Angel Hughes Founder of Sisters Of The Skies whose goal is to improve the numbers of professional black women pilots which is currently at less than 1%.
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Talking Points:
- Why Sisters of the Skies?
- How many black female pilots are employed as pilots?
- How do we change the numbers?
- Who is she trying to reach with her Sisters Of The Skies?
- What have been the challenges?
- Success Stories.
- What is next?
- Advice for other African American pilots getting started in aviation.
Links Mentioned in This Podcast:
https://www.sistersoftheskies.org
https://www.proudlysheserved.com/bios/angel-hughes
https://medium.com/@ABorderLife/coast-guard-pilot-chooses-the-mission-and-finds-another-34c150f7b7ce