In eight weeks between junior and senior year of high school, my personal, social, and professional life drastically changed. I became the pilot of a Cessna 152. In February of 2015, I applied for, and won the Upwind Summer Scholarship. This program granted four, high preforming, high school juniors a chance to live their dreams. Upwind paid for and provided flight training, advanced ground school topics, materials, and life skills to young aviators, and my soon to be three closest friends. I am proud to have accomplished this rigorous training. Before the summer had even begun, the four of us were thrown into ground school with little to no background on the topics being discussed. Once a week, we were immersed in a world of advanced academic
