Computer scientist Cecilia Aragon traces her trajectory from stunt flying to a startup

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Three decades ago, Cecilia Aragon made aviation history as the first Latina to earn a place on the U.S. Unlimited Aerobatic Team. She went on to write a book about it, titled “Flying Free.” Today, she’s still flying free, as a professor and data scientist in the University of Washington — and as the co-founder of a Seattle startup that aims to commercialize her research. Aragon recounted her personal journey today during a talk at the Women’s Leadership Conference, presented by