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• She was the first civilian woman to land in an F-18 fighter aircraft on a moving aircraft carrier .
• She has successfully held executive positions in both the private and public sectors .
• She served as our ambassador to Finland , where she engaged in a war game dog fight in the air in an F-18 against the head of the Finnish Air Force ( the joust was a draw ).
• At age 10 learned how to drive a car , milk a cow , and shoe a horse .
• At age 13 , she became her family ’ s bread-winner after her father suffered a heart attack .
• Each year she writes a life-list , which has included activities such as climbing Kilimanjaro , and exploring the Grand Canyon from rim to rim .
• One of her five jobs while attending Arizona State University was a paid internship at the state legislature where she also received credit hours and worked with Sandra Day O ’ Conner , the first woman to sit on the majority leader of the state senate .
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