Cecilia Aragon is an award-winning author, airshow pilot, and the first Latina full professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her innovative research, and a stint at NASA designing software for Mars missions, led President Obama to call her “one of the top scientists and engineers in the country.” In addition to her love of math and science, she’s passionate about helping others face their own fears and challenges to achieve their goals.

Her memoir, FLYING FREE: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team (2020), shares how she used math to break past her own fears and become a champion aerobatic pilot. It debuted on five bestseller lists, won the 2021 Nancy Pearl Award and the 2021 International Latino Book Award Gold Medal, and is a TODAY Show and Hip Latina Recommended Read. "Exhilarating, adventurous, and thoughtful," FLYING FREE lifts readers into the skies on a woman's epic journey from fearful, bullied child to champion pilot.

Her book, WRITERS IN THE SECRET GARDEN: Fanfiction, Youth, and New Forms of Mentoring (2019), the subject of her recent TED talk which received over a million views in three months, takes a close look at the fascinating world of fanfiction to explore how young people express themselves. Her latest book, HUMAN-CENTERED DATA SCIENCE (2022), is an accessible guide to best practices for addressing bias and inequality in data science and artificial intelligence.

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