11th Annual Girls in Aviation Day
Saturday, September 20, 2025
This event has reached capacity and registration is now closed.
What is Girls in Aviation Day?
Girls in Aviation Day at Lone Star Flight Museum encourages and inspires girls to pursue futures in aviation and STEM. Established 11 years ago by Women In Aviation International, this day focuses on immersing girls (and boys) ages 8-17 in the wonder of aviation and encouraging them to fuel a limitless future. And once again ExxonMobil is serving as presenting sponsor for this amazing event enabling every girl to register absolutely FREE!
Thanks to all our sponsors for their incredible support. Registrants receive a swag bag, tshirt, lunch and Q&A session with aviation experts and a day full of plane amazing activities and inspiring conversations!
Parents, siblings, and guests of registrants pay a discounted admission of only $10!
Activities include:
- Aircraft Tours
- Pilot Experience: Pre-flight inspection, fundamentals of flight & flight simulators
- Flight Academy & Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
- Career & College Fair
- Parent Workshop
- Drone Lessons
- Luncheon including Q&A panel discussion with women in aviation & aerospace careers – (lunch is provided for registrants only)
Event Schedule:
- 7:30 am – Arrival & Check-in, Morning Refreshments
- 8:20 am – Welcome Message
- 8:30 am to 12:00 pm:
- STEM Activities
- Career & College Fair
- Aircraft Tours
- Visit Exhibits & Galleries
- 12:00 pm – Luncheon & Panel Discussion
- 1:30 pm – Group Photo, Event Ends
Moderator
Shelly Lesikar deZevallos, Ed.D
Dr. Shelly Lesikar deZevallos is President of West Houston Airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the U.S., and an active pilot with over 5,000 flight hours.
She has held leadership roles with Cessna Aircraft Company, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and currently serves on the Board of the National Business Aviation Association.
A lifelong advocate for aviation safety and education, she also chairs the TxDOT Aviation Advisory Committee and volunteers with the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council. Shelly holds degrees from the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and a Doctorate in Aviation and Space Science. She lives in Houston with her husband, also a pilot, and their twin daughters.
Panelists
Meet the Women Leading the Way! Click below for their full bios.
Captain Michelle Boeding
B-777 Captain, United Airlines
Maria “Majo” Perdomo Cuevas
Executive Director of Operational Controls and Strategic Planning, Million Air
Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby
CEO and Co-Founder of Venus Aerospace
Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar
Prof. of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M and Former Astronaut on the Space Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour
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Career & College Fair Exhibitors
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at University of Houston
Aviation Institute of Maintenance
Conoco Phillips
Flying Tigers Flight School
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
H-E-B
Houston Community College
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club
Mathnasium of Clear Lake
NASA AOD
Navy Reserve Command Houston
Pennino and Partners
PlatyPirates Robotics
San Jacinto College – EDGE Center
Southwest Airlines
South Texas Business Aviation Association
Suit Up with Shay
Texas Air National Guard
Texas Southern University Aviation
TxDOT Aviation Division
Universal Technical Institute
Venus Aerospace
thank you to our sponsors!
Thank you for providing hundreds of girls in Greater Houston the fuel for their aviation & aerospace dreams!
Changemaker
Champion
ConocoPhillips, Bette & Ralph Thomas
Catalyst
Houston Airports, Million Air, Universal Technical Institute
Connector
Bluejireh Inc., Patricia Jayne Keefer Foundation
Cheerleader
Lynne Liberato & James Flodine, Pennino and Partners, Scott E. Rozzell
Become a sponsor
Help girls take flight! This event spotlights opportunities in aviation and STEM, and your support fuels the endless possibilities open to them.