Aurora Straus
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Aurora Straus is a 27-year-old professional racecar driver in the US, a consultant, and a folk musician.[1] She currently competes in the IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge, and previously raced in the Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup. She lives in Cold Spring, NY, and (Feb 2019) attended Harvard University for her undergraduate degree. She, when 19 years of age, was the only professional teenage female sportscar racer in North America. She now works as a consultant in the New York City area.
Straus is the daughter of Molly McCoy and Ari Straus, the chief executive officer of the Monticello Motor Club. She graduated from Hackley School's Class of 2017 and then attended Harvard (Class of 2022) as a double major in English literature and mechanical engineering.[2] Straus took a gap year to work at ZappRx, a digital health company that focuses on management of specialty medications.[3] She was a National Merit Finalist, representing less than 1% of high school seniors in the United States.[4] Straus is also an avid musician that plays frequently in local venues in Cold Spring and Tarrytown, NY. She sang at a Holiday Charity Music Fest in December 2015 that benefited Hope's Door, a safe haven for domestic abuse survivors in Pleasantville, NY.[5]