About Me

Leia Pope is a 17-year-old rising senior at Grayson High School with a 3.6 GPA. Leia is an accomplished violinist at Grayson High School, reaching Chamber Orchestra, the highest level of violin obtainable by her sophomore year. Leia volunteers as a student assistant in orchestra, as a troop leader for The Girls Scouts of America and as a hand for kids with disabilities at the Balanced Spine Center.

At the age of nine, Leia’s parents found an amazing organization called The Young Eagles where Leia began flying quarterly as a passenger in a private plane. This experience sparked her interest in Aviation and help cultivate her decision to become a Pilot. At the age of 11, Leia was allowed to enrolled at the Centennial Aviation Academy Atlanta’s Premier Flight Academy for Adults & Young Aviators, where she was the youngest students in her class. Ranked as one of the top 10 flight schools in the nation, 2021-2022 Distinguished Flight School by AOPA .3 years later, Leia set records as one of the youngest students to graduate a Top 10 flight academy nationwide with 90% passing rate and is currently in pursuit of her private pilot’s license participating in flight simulator lessons and flight training.

Now

Leia currently lives in Lawrenceville, GA with her parents and 11 and 20-years old sisters and plans to attend and pursue a degree in aerospace engineering from Middle Georgia State University.