First thing first....


Talk to an AME and see if you can get a 1st Class Medical Certificate.


If you can, then get through high school, and if there is a way to do it, get your private license at the same time. As soon as you are done with high school, go to a Part 61 school and get all of your ratings as fast as possible.

Then build hours either as a CFI or doing some other work. You cannot get your ATP until you are 23 years old.

While you are building hours, have fun, do odd jobs, fly the Caribbean, Alaska, other parts of the world, etc since you can't get to the airlines until you are 23. Also at the same time you should be working towards a degree online from a reputable university.

A degree in aviation may be ok, but ideally you'll want to diversify in case you ever get in to a situation where you can't fly due to medical or an accident or the economy or furloughed etc.

I would recommend a degree in finance, it is very versatile if you ever need it. At 23 you will likely have a few thousand hours, go to the regionals and they will get you your ATP. And from there it is a simple career progression upward.