“It didn’t seem something that I, as a girl, would ever do.” Twenty-five years later, Aguayo, 43, is now teaching welding and pushing to get more girls interested in the high-paying ...

Bright orange sparks flew as more than 20 girls at the Fox Valley Technical College Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center worked on welding projects during the first Girls in the Shop summer camp.

Kalei Kipp is the only girl in the welding program at her high school. Why don't more women go into that profession? Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the Box, a series on the ...

In 2010, women made up just 4% of the welding workforce ... newer programs like Weld Like A Girl™ and Women Who Weld provide women-focused training programs that make the craft accessible ...

The hiss of welding torches has fascinated Yaqeen Nihad-Abdulkarim ever since she was a little girl growing up in Iraq, watching her father weld at the shop he owned. She dreamed of become a ...

AT 20 MINUTES, A GROUP OF GIRL SCOUTS GOT TO LEARN HOW TO WELD. THIS MORNING. THEY PARTNERED WITH PENN VALLEY’S ADVANCED TECHNICAL SKILLS INSTITUTE IN 2023, 5.8% OF WORKERS IN THE WELDING ...

"These camps are important because of what they're exposing these youth to, especially these girls." Jackie Morris is a welding technologist at Conestoga College. She ran the welding workshop ...

David McCoy, Senior Welding Instructor at Pleasure Ridge Park High School saw more and more girls getting interested in welding over his 22 years. The idea for a competition came a couple of years ...

So we found welding as a great career for ladies. Women make incredible welders. We feel here at LifeHouse that women can do anything they set their minds to.” ‘I know I weld like a girl ...

A Green Bay educator is honored Wednesday for her efforts in introducing young girls to trade careers. We often hear about the skilled workers shortage where there just aren’t enough people with ...