An aviation pioneer tells of overcoming all obstacles to succeed in her life and in her chosen career. She earns university degrees in biology, becomes a NASA scientist, travels the world, and earns her pilot's license--despite legions of people refusing to believe she could do such things.
Charlotte George Smith tells her inspirational story in Race the Sun! This book provides powerful evidence that strong desire, perseverance, and flexibility can be crucial to rising above difficulty and opposition. Now retired from NASA, she lives in a beachside home in Hawaii.