This episode's guest comes all the way from Alaska! Autumn Mayo is currently a welding student at Universal Technical Institute in Arizona. This episode Autumn and I get into the importance of reaching out to companies and advocating for your skills and passions. In Autumn's case, she was writing graduation cards in hopes that a company would attend her graduation, but they did her one better! Hypertherm Plasma Cutters sent Autumn a brand new state of the art plasma cutter as a graduation gift! We also talk about the dynamic of trade school classes, what it's like being one of the only women in class, and how to build a supportive community of women amongst the sea of testosterone. Tune in to hear Autumn's advice on welding and muscle memory, as well as her experiences at welding school.

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