An inspirational journey from young refugee to a notable airline pilot. Aluel Bol Aluenge holds the title of the first South Sudanese woman to have an Airline Transport Pilot License. At nine years old, Aluel and her family fled to Kenya from Sudan in 1989. Around 1991 Aluel and her family settled in Renton, Washington, a few months upon arrival her mother passed. Facing this ordeal was challenging but Aluel managed to stay strong despite all the tragedies in her life. At the age of 16, she won a beauty pageant and became convinced that she would have a career as a model. Aluel left school to persue modeling, after getting turned down many times she was discouraged and decided to go back to school. She studied International Business Management but later switched her major to Aeronautical Science. Aluel sparked her interest in flying shortly after meeting students who were studying to become pilots. In 2006 she earned her commercial pilot's license and graduated from Florida Memorial University. Today at 27, Aluel is employed by Ethiopian Airlines,
one of Africa’s leading airlines flying Boeing 737s all over the continent.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2012944708_jdl20.html
http://www.sudantribune.com/First-Southern-Sudanese-female,36394
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