Advice and recommendations for a high school student interested in aerospace.

Hello I was interested in my field when I was in high school- so this is a fantastic question! What has helped my 3 decade career as an Aerospace engineering professional started with those foundations.  I built a really strong math aptitude even though it was not my "subject" . I was simply stubborn and love to learn.  So math first and then physics and chemistry.  I would also advise learning how to communicate both in written and spoken form.  If you have great ideas but cannot share them effectively they will not be heard. I believe programming and learning to code and problem solve both with hardware and software is vital. So seek out classes in high school and college that allow you to do that.  Whether you join mathletes, robotics teams, hands on hardware shop programs and tinker with code and electronics- expose yourself to all of it over the next few years.  Being an aerospace engineer has taken me across many domains and projects from space to undersea and everything in between.  The world is yours future Aero! Good luck!