She's SouthAfrica's firstblackfemalehelicopterpilot, a featsheaccomplisheddespitegrowingupinapartheidSouthAfricawithsixsiblingsand a singleworkingmother.
Soallthroughmychildhoodaresowomendoctors, mymotherwas a schoolprincipal, soitwassomethingthatwhen I grewup, itwassortofnormalformetoseewomendoingalltheseexcitingthings.
In 2000 andfive, shelearnedtoflyhelicoptersat a governmentschooloutsideJohannesburg, whereshesaysshestruggledwithnervesandtheideathatwomenmustalwayssitwiththeirlegstogether, somethingyoucannotdowhenoperatingthecontrols.
TheprogramnowoperatesinfourAfricancountries, andthedramahashereyesonothersassheworkstobreaktheceilingof a maledominatedindustryandhelpotherwomendiscoverthattheskyisthelimit, Yeah.