Flight Path of Fortitude: Olga Custodio on Breaking Barriers, Finding Allies, and Staying the Course
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to keep pursuing a dream when the institution you want to join isn't ready to welcome you? In this episode, I talk with trailblazing military and airline pilot Olga Custodio about her memoir, Flight Path of Fortitude, and the remarkable journey that made her the first Latina and first Puerto Rican woman to become a U.S. Air Force pilot. Olga grew up around the world as the daughter of an Army serviceman and knew from an early age that she wanted to wear a mi...
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