Miranda As Our Summer Intern at Habitat for Aviation

Written By Beth White

This summer, Miranda Gallagher stepped into a new seat at Habitat for Aviation—as our communications and operations intern—and she absolutely soared. From day one, Miranda treated the role like a cross country flight. She set a weekly plan, checked in with mentors, and followed through on her checklists. Her work touched nearly every corner of our ecosystem.

“Miranda is impeccable with her word,” Granny shared. “If she says she’ll do it, it’s done—and done well.”

What’s next: Miranda heads into her next chapter – college. On the WPI campus we are confident that this time doing real work in the real world will be important tools in her belt. We’re cheering her on and grateful for the lift she gave our whole community. Miranda, thank you for a summer of substance. You kept the mission in motion. Come visit soon!

Beth White

Education Possibilitarian, Artist, Writer, Doula, Mentor, Aviatrix, Breast Cancer Survivor, Pilot-in-Command at Habitat for Aviation


In the spring of 2022, Beth White emerged from a 10-month battle with breast cancer with an idea: to create an apprenticeship program at Franklin County State Airport where youth work alongside adult mentors servicing conventional and electric aircraft. A pilot and airplane mechanic apprentice herself, and with family roots in the trades, Habitat for Aviation provides an taxilane for world learning opportunities for youth and adults who love to work with their hands to enter the FAA’s apprenticeship certification track. Each day she puts systems in place that make real John Dewey’s philosophy that we “learn best what we live” – a deep throughline from her time at Antioch University New England and as Regional Director for Big Picture Learning. Each learning experience is grounded in relationships, relevance, and practice. In October, 2023, Habitat for Aviation launched its Women Build Planes program, where an all-female team of Modern Day Rosies is building an airplane at Franklin County Airport, in northwestern Vermont, to show folks everywhere that despite the fact that only 2.6% of airplane mechanics are female, women BUILD, FLY, and FIX airplanes.

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