With Her Two Hands

Guest:  Shanen Aranmor - Welder, Educator, Business Owner
**Sadly we had technical difficulties and our live got cut short, but the time that we did spend together is well worth a listen!**
Mental health counselor and former college professor, Shanen Aranmor, combined her profession and her passion for welding, garnering her the nickname, "The Wellness Welder." She got hooked on metal sculpture and fabrication while on a quest to find the perfect stress management technique for her students. Thus, the Weld Like a Girl project was born. The program is a project designed to allow girls and women an opportunity to try things they never thought they could do. Listen in to hear the details of Shanen's unique journey and how she continues to inspire and empower women.
 
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Guest:  Molly Gursky - Restoration Shop Owner, Body Tech and Fabricator
Molly Gurskey shares her love of muscle cars, horsepower and burnouts. She is a builder of dreams alongside her husband Steve, as the co-owner of Driven Restorations in Wisconsin. A familiar story, Molly was the only female in her high school auto shop class but did not care about societal norms thanks to the inspiration of her mother who raised her to be a strong and independent woman. She lent her talents to the Chevy Montage all female build and recommends to all women, "Get your hands dirty!"
From balancing running a business and being a mom, to building a SEMA vehicle, to making the transition from a corporate job, to struggling with imposter syndrome - we covered a ton of great topics this week!  Molly drops some serious knowledge and gets really honest talking about the struggles.
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Guest: Elana Scherr - Automotive Journalist
How does one go to school to be a visual artist and end up as an automotive journalist? Elana Scherr maps out her long and winding road to becoming the first female full-time staff editor at HOT ROD Magazine and onto becoming the senior editor at Car and Driver magazine. Elana has used her unique journalistic voice for numerous car magazines and websites, covering classics, car culture, technology, motorsports, and new-car reviews. In addition to her life as an automotive storyteller, she and her husband collect cars and recently co authored a book together.
She’s a witty, smart, passionate automotive journalist, author and wrench turner. She shares her story, her challenges, the challenges facing the industry, some of her most memorable interviews, and her words of wisdom for the next generation, and keeping going regardless of the roadblocks. 
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Guest: Olivia Cook - Refinisher, Custom Paint and Graphics
Olivia Cook has spent over 15 years in the automotive refinishing industry as an auto body technician and on to automotive paint and body. After saying no several times, she finally accepted an invite from a friend to paint offshore racing boats for a company called MTI in Wentzville, Mo. She fell in love with the artistic side of the auto industry. Though she often feels the need to prove herself as a female in the field, she hopes not to be recognized for her gender, rather her work ethic and the quality of her work. Bogi and Olivia fill us in on saying "yes" to opportunities, working on the Chevy Montage and High Yellow builds and working through Covid.
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Guest: Angelina Alcantar - Automotive Technician and Instructor
This week for Happy Hour I was joined by the one and only Angelina - aka @ms.a_theshopteacher. We talk about teaching during covid-19, being a young teacher, wiring, confidence, making mistakes and of course take a little trip down memory lane sharing Chevy Montage stories. If you don’t already follow her make sure you go check her out. She’s an incredibly talented technician, passionate college level technical instructor, and just a fantastic human.
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Guest: Barbie The Welder - Metal Artist
Barbie Parsons AKA Barbie the Welder, gets vulnerable about overcoming personal struggles from her youth to spreading her wings like a Phoenix. She shares her heart led journey of a life changing scene from the movie Castaway to her to being a well known metal artist and author of 5 books in 5 years. Barbie tells us how she walked through fear to turn hardship into artistic expression.
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Guest: Megan Meyer - Race Car Driver
Today's guest has made a career of going fast and breaking down barriers, whether in her success as a driver or off the track empowering the next generation. Inspired by her father's pursuit of a drag racing championship, Megan Meyer got behind the wheel of a Junior dragster at 10 years old and fell in love with the sport. By 17 she was earning back to back points championships at the local drag strip. In 2015 she earned her NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster license leading to her debut in 2016 and holding a remarkable winning streak. Today, Megan holds the record for the fastest Pro-Sportsman female in 1/4 mile: 5.11 seconds at 285mph. She is the Winningest Pro-Sportsman Female driver in the NHRA with a reputation as one of the fiercest competitors in this male dominated class of racing.
Check her out!
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Guest: Jennifer Turcotte - Automotive Detailer and Business Owner
Jennifer Turcotte is the founder of Carsmotology, a professional, automotive detailing company. In her over 20 years of experience, she has had to overcome gender obstacles in what has been a male dominated industry. These experiences have led her to her mission to encourage and inspire women to break into male dominated fields. Aside from being one of the best at what she does, Jennifer has also started creating and offering her own line of car care products.
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Guest: Nhu Nguyen - Porsche Technician
Nhu Nguyen discusses her choice to pursue a career in automechanics and her journey to becoming a Silver Certified Porsche Technician. She became the world's first female to be designated with the Porsche Classic certification and was recently awarded the Porsche Passion Award for her '87 944 Turbo Restoration. 
Follow her on Instagram to see what she's up to now!
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Guest: Hillary Noak - Autobody Tech and All female Restoration Shop owner
Aged 17 with $1000 in hand, Hillary Noack bought her first car, a 1970 Oldsmobile. It featured rust, pitted chrome and faded paint which led her to enroll in her high school auto shop class. Being the only female in her class did not deter her from joining a co-op internship at a local body shop and then moving into professional collision repair roles. By her late 20's she was the lead tech at one of Toronto's largest auto body repair shops and teaching auto body classes at a local college. Listen in to hear how Hillary, using a crowdfunding campaign, broke her glass ceiling and opened Ink n Iron Auto. It's an all female run autobody shop focusing on classic and muscle cars with a tattoo twist.
Check her out on Instagram and check out her great shop! 
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