'You'll see kids that have never driven a car piloting an airplane,' said Tuskegee NEXT founder Steve Davis.
The 19-year-old was on edge, waiting to hear if her hard work had paid off. Her hands trembled. Her nerves tingled. She never had been involved with a program of such magnitude.
She is one of nine students from across the country who completed a challenging pilot ground school and received a $36,000 pilot school scholarship from the Tuskegee NEXT Foundation in Chicago. The East Central High School graduate is the first student from San Antonio selected for the 10-week program. Earlier this year, she was honored at the Dee Howard Foundation Hall of Fame Dinner.
Lozano will complete the course with an FAA Part 141 private pilot certification and FAA Part 107 commercial drone pilot certification. “You’ll see kids that have never driven a car piloting an airplane,” he said. “When they get out of that airplane, it is really worth it to see the joy in their eye, to see how young people have overcome obstacles to achieve greatness.”
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