Hera Aviation Group Blog

As far back as I can remember, I’d been concerned about how my dreams of a flying career would intersect with my desire for a family. The two seemed to always be in conflict in my mind. I knew others had done it successfully, but there was hardly a clear path forward. I had no idea what it would actually look like.

I founded Hera Aviation Group when I received a phone call that forever changed the course of my life. I might not have realized it right at that moment. But after I ended the call, a genesis for this organization, and a movement to cultivate change in my industry, had already left the gate.

My return to aviation over the past few months has been exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time. My range of emotions at any given minute has run the gamut from Christmas morning-like excitement to “maybe I should just go work at Starbucks” fear! I may be exaggerating… a little.

I knew what I wanted to do at a very young age. My first memory of knowing in my heart that I would fly airplanes was in elementary school. I don’t know exactly how it started, whether it was a passing interest of my brothers’ that I latched onto at some point, but as soon as I became aware that being a pilot was a career choice, I was laser-focused. There was nothing else I wanted to be but a pilot.