With Her Two Hands

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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Guest:  Briana Huhn - Welder & Fabricator
With Her Two Hands - episode 1
The kick off episode of this series! Briana is an accomplished and talented welder and metal fabricator, contestant on the TV show Bitchin Boot Camp, advocate for women in the trades and for the trades in general, and perhaps most importantly - a mom.  She found her way to the trades when a guest at the hotel she worked at issued her a challenge.  One she accepted without hesitating.  Since then she's said yes to whatever challenges and opportunities come her way, diving in head first and excelling at anything she sets her mind to.  
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