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'''La'Shanda Holmes''' is a Lieutenant in the [[U.S. Coast Guard]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsone.com/1851815/lashonda-holmes-first-black-female-helicopter-u-s-coast-guard-pilot/|title=Meet The First Black Female U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot|date=2012-02-10|website=News One|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> and the first [[African-American]] female [[helicopter pilot]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2014/02/14/lashanda-holmes|title=Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd|website=www.spelman.edu|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> for the [[Coast Guard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/u-s-coast-guard-helicopter-pilot-la-shanda-holmes-defies/article_6055366c-f2c7-11e6-83af-f33132d341bf.html|title=U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot La’Shanda Holmes defies odds, expectations to break barriers|last=Service|first=Rushawn Walters, Howard University News|website=St. Louis American|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> She grew up in the foster care system and put herself through college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fosterclub.com/about-us/who-we-are/board/lashanda-holmes|title=La'Shanda Holmes|date=2017-07-06|website=FosterClub|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> She was stationed at Air Station Atlantic City as an aircraft commander and she was deployed five times to [[Washington D.C.]] as a rotary wing air intercept pilot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/news-and-events/our-stories/stories/2014/02/14/lashanda-holmes|title=Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd|website=www.spelman.edu|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> She was appointed as a [[White House Fellow]] in 2015 by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/articles/plainfield-meet-hometown-hero-lashanda-holmes|title=Plainfield: Meet Hometown Hero La'Shanda Holmes|website=TAPinto|language=en|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref> In 2015–2016 she was the Special Assistant to the [[NASA]] Administrator General [[Charles F. Bolden]]. |
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She received the 2014 Blacks in Government Award. She was selected as one of [[Grio]]’s Top 100 History Makers. |
She received the 2014 Blacks in Government Award. She was selected as one of [[Grio]]’s Top 100 History Makers. |
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Revision as of 23:39, 3 March 2019
La'Shanda Holmes is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard[1] and the first African-American female helicopter pilot[2] for the Coast Guard.[3] She grew up in the foster care system and put herself through college.[4] She was stationed at Air Station Atlantic City as an aircraft commander and she was deployed five times to Washington D.C. as a rotary wing air intercept pilot.[5] She was appointed as a White House Fellow in 2015 by President Barack Obama.[6] In 2015–2016 she was the Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator General Charles F. Bolden.
She received the 2014 Blacks in Government Award. She was selected as one of Grio’s Top 100 History Makers.
Holmes received her BA in psychology from Spelman College and is a Bonner Scholar.[7] She sits on the board of directors for Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum and for Girls Fly![2]
References
- ^ "Meet The First Black Female U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot". News One. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ a b "Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Service, Rushawn Walters, Howard University News. "U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot La'Shanda Holmes defies odds, expectations to break barriers". St. Louis American. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "La'Shanda Holmes". FosterClub. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Helicopter Pilot La'Shanda Holmes Flies High Above the Crowd". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Plainfield: Meet Hometown Hero La'Shanda Holmes". TAPinto. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ "Celebrating women of character, courage and commitment: Lt. La'Shanda Holmes « Coast Guard All Hands". allhands.coastguard.dodlive.mil. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
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