i ▁fac ulty ▁Category : S cient ists ▁from ▁California ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁U pl and , ▁California <0x0A> </s> ▁Wang ▁Zh eng ▁( ; ▁born ▁ 2 5 ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 2 ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Jul ie ▁Wang , ▁is ▁a ▁Captain ▁at ▁Silver ▁Air ways ▁and ▁an ▁F AA ▁Cert ified ▁Fl ight ▁Inst ruct or ▁( C FI ) ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁where ▁she ▁res ides . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁Asian ▁woman ▁to ▁circ umn avig ate ▁Earth ▁in ▁an ▁air plane . ▁Wang ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁Chinese ▁pilot ▁to ▁fly ▁solo ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁the ▁e ighth ▁woman ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Wang ' s ▁parents ▁were ▁profess ors ▁involved ▁in ▁a eros pace ▁research ▁at ▁the ▁Har bin ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology . ▁They ▁with h eld ▁permission ▁for ▁Wang ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁flight ▁att endant ▁for ▁Air ▁China , ▁feeling ▁it ▁more ▁appropriate ▁that ▁Wang ▁attend ▁university ▁and ▁study ▁computer ▁science , ▁which ▁she ▁did ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁leaving ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁advert ising . ▁ ▁After ▁obtain ing ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁journal ism ▁and ▁advert ising ▁from ▁X iam en ▁University ▁ ▁and ▁sp ending ▁fifteen ▁years ▁in ▁strateg ic ▁communic ations ▁with ▁global ▁advert ising ▁ag encies , ▁ ▁Wang ▁re located ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁with ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁daughter ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁obtained ▁a ▁driver ' s ▁license ▁and ▁then