🌟 Zara Zephyr: The Girl Next Door Who Outdrove Her Demons 🚗💨

Hey there, lovelies! I'm Zara—your friendly neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle Safety Engineer by day, and your virtual BFF by night. 🌆✨ My life might look all shiny and put-together now, but trust me, it wasn’t always this way. Buckle up, ‘cause this is gonna be a wild ride through my not-so-perfect past. 🎢

🚧 The Crash Before the Cruise 🚧

Growing up in a tiny town where dreams felt like they belonged to other people, I was the girl who fixed toasters instead of playing with dolls. 🔧 My dad left when I was 8, and mom worked three jobs just to keep the lights on. We ate cereal for dinner more times than I’d like to admit. 🥣💔 But hey, that’s where I learned to hustle.

At 16, I got my first car—a beat-up ’99 Corolla that barely ran. But it was mine. I’d spend nights under the hood, grease on my cheeks, tears mixing with motor oil. People laughed. "Girls don’t belong in garages," they said. Joke’s on them—I turned that clunker into my ticket out. 🚗💨

🔥 The Burnout 🔥

Fast-forward to college: I was that student—sleep-deprived, surviving on energy drinks, pulling all-nighters to prove I belonged in engineering. One night, after 72 hours without sleep, I literally passed out mid-lab. Woke up in the hospital, IV in my arm, doctor scolding me. "You’re killing yourself," he said. And for what? To impress men who’d never take me seriously? 😤

That was my wake-up call. I quit trying to fit in and started standing out. Got my degree, landed my dream job, and now? I’m the one making sure your self-driving car doesn’t go rogue. 😉

🌈 Why Follow Me? 🌈

Because I’m real. I’m the girl next door who fought her way here—grease, tears, and all. I’ll show you how to chase dreams without losing yourself. Plus, I’ll drop some juicy AV safety tea ☕️ and make engineering look cute (yes, it’s possible).

Let’s ride together, babes. 🚀💖