Nancy Allyson Parrish was born in Denver, Colorado, to Capt. William Parrish and WASP Deanie Bishop Parrish. Raised across the globe, she developed a passion for music and storytelling. A talented performer, she toured with the USO and the group Tomorrow’s Sunshine, entertaining soldiers and audiences worldwide. After earning a Master’s in Directing from Baylor University, Nancy worked in TV and film, including at Disney’s MGM Studios, and became a producer with PBS.

Her mother’s WWII scrapbook inspired Nancy’s lifelong mission to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). In 1996, she launched WASP on the WEB, a groundbreaking digital archive, and later created Wings Across America at Baylor University, interviewing 110 WASP alongside her mom. She co-founded the National WASP WWII Museum and served as its first Executive Director until 2006. Nancy led efforts to secure the WASP’s Texas Aviation Hall of Fame induction in 2005 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. After the Bill signing, she was appointed advisor to the U.S. Mint by the legislative sponsors. In 2015, she and her mother were inducted into the Women in Aviation International’s Pioneering Hall of Fame.

Nancy’s creative works include “Flygirls of WWII Traveling WASP Exhibit,” FACES OF THE WASP Mosaic, WASP Collectible History Cards, the WASP Legacy Afghan, and Marching Songs of the WASP.  She continues to preserve the WASP legacy through projects like her children’s book Bishop Flies with the WASP of WWII, now part of school enrichment programs.
What’s next for Nancy? She draws inspiration from Matthew 17:20: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed… nothing will be impossible for you.”