 Celia's values also instilled in her the confidence to follow her dreams, regardless of whether they were conventional paths for women.Environmentalist and conservationist are two words that are now strongly associated with Hunter, however when she first came to Alaska, she did not consider herself a conservationist or environmentalist.Hunter trained as a pilot and eventually became a pilot during World War II, as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as the WASPs, graduating with class 43-W5.