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name: Cecilia Aragon
about: 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.Winner of the 2021 Nancy Pearl Award, her memoir, FLYING FREE: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team (Blackstone Publishing), has been described as "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 2019 book, WRITERS IN THE SECRET GARDEN: Fanfiction, Youth, and New Forms of Mentoring (MIT Press), co-authored with Katie Davis, explores the surprising ways young people learn from each other in online fanfiction communities.Visit 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.Winner of the 2021 Nancy Pearl Award, her memoir, FLYING FREE: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team (Blackstone Publishing), has been described as "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 2019 book, WRITERS IN THE SECRET GARDEN: Fanfiction, Youth, and New Forms of Mentoring (MIT Press), co-authored with Katie Davis, explores the surprising ways young people learn from each other in online fanfiction communities.Visit Cecilia's website at http://CeciliaAragonAuthor.com Sign up for her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/cZWElvFollow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/CeciliaRAragon or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CeciliaArago... ...more