From Cultural Constraints to the Cockpit: A Trailblazer’s Journey from ROTC to the Skies

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato wanted to study architecture at U.C. Berkeley. But as the daughter of Mexican immigrants, finances and cultural stereotypes threatened to sidetrack her plans.

“My mom believed that proper young women didn’t move out of the family home until they were married,” Graciela said. “ ‘You can go to college as long as you live ...

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