
This article takes a look at a female sheet metal worker blazing a path forward for her fellow sisters in the trade.
“Her day starts early, getting up at 4:30 a.m. to get her food and coffee ready. She drives from Gladstone and parks in the public parking structure. There she eats her breakfast in her vehicle.
“If I’m not early, I’m late,” she says, meaning “on time” is often not enough. “I like to have a good buffer of time. Because of traffic and site conditions, I like my breakfast to before starting work, to get some sustenance.”
Read more about her here.
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