QC GIRL- DR. WENDY OKOLO IS FIRST AFRICAN FEMALE TO GET PHD IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Beautiful Wendy Adaeze Okolo inspired by her older sisters, became the first African woman to obtain a doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Wendy works in the Intelligent Systems Division of NASA. She is also author of the book, ‘Learn To Fly’.

Her award winning started in QC where she won several science subjects awards. By 2012 when she was barely twenty-three years old, she received three fellowships. The Amelia Earhart Fellowship, TSGC Fellowship and NDSEG Fellowship. Several more rolled in between 2013 and 2020.

The NASA Ames Researcher award in 2020 was exhilarating.

The trails these Amazons are blazing takes us back to the warrior women of Africa. Can you share in the comments section below what trails females around you are also blazing?

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