Women Build Metro: meet Nancy Garcia, carpenter apprentice
Nancy Garcia of Boyle Heights was working at Goodwill when she first learned about Women Build Metro. At the time, she wasn’t sure the Goodwill store was a good fit [continue reading]
Twenty one women graduate from Metro/L.A. Trade Tech construction boot camp
Twenty-one women today graduated from the first Metro all-female construction boot camp as part of the Women Build Metro Los Angeles program. Six weeks of training were held at Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) facilities in downtown Los Angeles. The boot camp trained participants on heavy lifting, shoveling and wheelbarrow [continue reading]