Girl Scout Role Model Night at Georgia Elementary School

Written By Beth White

At the Girl Scout Role Model Night at Georgia Elementary School, Habitat for Aviation had the privilege of spending an inspiring evening with the local Girl Scout troops. Several of our Rosies, along with a flight test engineer, Emma Davis, from BETA Technologies, joined forces to share their experiences and insights with the girls.

We spoke about our roles as apprentices and mentors at Habitat for Aviation, where we teach the next generation of avionics and aviation professionals. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with the girls, offering them a glimpse into the world of aviation and encouraging them to pursue careers in this exciting and often underrepresented field. The evening was filled with curiosity, excitement, and meaningful conversations, as we empowered the young Scouts to dream big and believe in their potential to shape the future of aviation.

Beth White

Education Possibilitarian, Artist, Writer, Doula, Mentor, Aviatrix, Breast Cancer Survivor, Pilot-in-Command at Habitat for Aviation


In the spring of 2022, Beth White emerged from a 10-month battle with breast cancer with an idea: to create an apprenticeship program at Franklin County State Airport where youth work alongside adult mentors servicing conventional and electric aircraft. A pilot and airplane mechanic apprentice herself, and with family roots in the trades, Habitat for Aviation provides an taxilane for world learning opportunities for youth and adults who love to work with their hands to enter the FAA’s apprenticeship certification track. Each day she puts systems in place that make real John Dewey’s philosophy that we “learn best what we live” – a deep throughline from her time at Antioch University New England and as Regional Director for Big Picture Learning. Each learning experience is grounded in relationships, relevance, and practice. In October, 2023, Habitat for Aviation launched its Women Build Planes program, where an all-female team of Modern Day Rosies is building an airplane at Franklin County Airport, in northwestern Vermont, to show folks everywhere that despite the fact that only 2.6% of airplane mechanics are female, women BUILD, FLY, and FIX airplanes.

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