Christine Clayburg flew with the Minnesota Air National Guard as a Loadmaster on the C-130H aircraft. She was promoted to Tactical Airlift Control Flight Instructor and Aerial Firefighter on the C-130J with the Channel Islands Air Guard north of Malibu and deployed with both units to Iraq and Afghanistan.

A direct descendant of Daniel Boone’s sister, her ancestry is Scottish, English, Welsh, Scandinavian, Irish and German. Her ancestors first came to America in the 1600’s and served in every major pconflict since the American Revolution.

She is an Emmy-nominated meteorologist and an award-winning screenwriter, director, series host and producer of film and television.

Recruited by Nasa/JPL for the Astronaut class of 2016, she is currently deployed to Westwood to facilitate her cat’s dream of chasing mice on Mars.

1. Fly the Plane - A LOLCAT guide to Surviving and Thriving after the bad things: A mental health guidance system based on flight checklist discipline inspired by the bestselling picture book of a very bitey rescue cat and his Air Force veteran minion.

2. Screenwriting for Mortals - How to turn your life story into a blockbuster movie.

3. New England Weather and why it’s even deadlier than Antarctica - A history of meteorological violence (and sunshine).

4. Trans-Atlantic Aviation: 80 years of super sketchy pond crossings: From Earhart to today and beyond.

5. New England Mountaineering - a colorful history of delicate women in skirts and boots

6. Paleo Climates of New England - exploring the O.G. Himalaya

7. Screen Acting for Mortals - How to make your I phone movies rock!