American’s 2025 Education Foundation scholars join a legacy of achievement
Source: American Airlines Shelly Yoder, Education Foundation scholarship recipient Skylar Yoder and Jason Yoder Nearly $1 million in scholarships awarded to 364 students across eight countries. 90 scholarship winners are first-generation college students. Education changes lives and sometimes entire family legacies. For Skylar Yoder, the daughter of longtime American Airlines Technical Crew Chief Jason Yoder, four Education Foundation scholarships helped pave the way to an Ivy League degree from Cornell University, a master’s from King’s College London and a career in global cybersecurity. The generational legacy began with her grandfather, an Amish wheat farmer who had only an eighth-grade education and spoke little English. Her father went on to build a successful 36-year career at American. Today, the journey continues [...]