
Breaking Barriers and Embracing Challenges
The first interview of The Uplifters Podcast is live! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Substack, or watch on YouTube.
M’Lis Ward’s bio reads as a string of “firsts”, so it’s only fitting that this pioneering aviator is the first interview for The Uplifters Podcast. M’Lis is a United Airlines pilot and the first African-American female captain in commercial aviation. She graduated from the University of Southern California, where she also played on a National Championship Basketball team. She then joined the US Air Force, where she was an instructor-pilot on the T-37 and a First Pilot on…
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