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Fedex express re-lights
a dream on hold
istill remember the moment I received the phone call letting me know I had won the 2008 FedEx Express Flight Scholarship. It
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was early in the morning on a dreary day in January. I was sitting
in my car listening to the rain hit my roof as I waited for the bookstore I currently worked at
to open its doors for another day of business. This moment, and moreover the scholarship I
was about to find out I had received,
was pivotal in the shaping of my ca-
reer and catapulting my life in another
amazing direction. Let me back up a lit-
tle before I get too ahead of myself.
scholarships. I was at a fork in the road
with my career and not sure what was
going to get me back on the path that I
wanted to take. It turned out that a single phone call—telling me I was awarded the FedEx Express Flight scholarship—gave me what I needed.
After receiving the FedEx Express
Flight Scholarship I was able to obtain
my CFI and CFII in the U.S. I worked as
a flight instructor and charter pilot for a
little over a year in order to gain the ex-
perience I needed to make it to the next
step. Although I didn’t win a scholar-
ship last year, I met some great contacts
I absolutely love the challenges and ex-
citement that my new job has to offer each
and every day. I’m back on track again
and following the path to my dreams.
