'Build Your Runway': Maysaa Rizk Was Told She’d End Up Repairing Bicycles. Instead She Designs Jet Engines
When she was a teenager, Maysaa Rizk wasn't sure what she wanted to do in life until she watch a pair of helicopter pilots practice take offs and landings on one fateful day. She realized her dream was to make aircraft fly.
Despite of setbacks and challenges, she achieved her dream and is now an aerodynamic engineer at GE Aerospace.
Break the Bias: Five Questions with Engineer Luana Iorio
On International Women's Day, GE Aviation's Luana Iorio offers insights into overcoming gender bias in engineering and how critical diversity is to inventing the future of flight.