Doin’ Girly Things

This episode is an update to the episode aired in May 2020 before the Space Chile Pepper Seeds were sent up to the International Space Station (ISS). 

On this update, Jacob lets us know how the first successful fruit grown in space! The day before the last 15 fruits were picked on PH04. 

Spoiler alert: HE GOT THE FUNDED. If you listen in Jacob updated me a week before this episode was released that he got funding and will be able to continue the seed project! 


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A free toolbox for joining the trades!? Learn all about how to find support when joining the trades. This wonderful organization aims to help women with their first tool kits to mentorship. 

She is president of the We Build a Dream organization since 2014 and  is also the host of the podcast Perfectly Unfiltered which is focused on unfiltered topics with women in trades. 

We talk all about finding resources in the trades and the barriers to entry for women and how We Build a Dream helps women overcome those. 

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We Build a Dream Website
We Build Instagram
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Our guest this week goes by technically.a.techie online or Constanza. She is known for her videos about honest reviews of women's fashion. Her IG is filled with funny and relatable reels about being a women wearing a hardhat. 

As a groundwater surveyor, Constanza spends many hours out in the field under all conditions. Living in Canada she values finding warm clothing. She's created a passion project of sharing her experiences and helping women find workwear that fits. 
 
In this episode we talk about 

• Why just making smaller clothes and labeling them as women's workwear doesn't work 
• Safety and confidence increase after finding clothes that fit 
• Creating a Youtube channel for women's workwear

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The guest technically.a.tech

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Mentorship is an important part to creating a culture where women join STEM and stay in STEM fields. Toni discusses how she uses the organizations at Purdue University and class she teaches to create mentorship programs.   

Toni is a special mentor to me,  in college I worked with Toni as president of the Women in Technology club on Purdue’s campus. She was actually one of the first people that I pitched the idea of this podcast to!

Episode notes:

• Toni's role at Purdue Polytechnic Institute.   
• Discuss ways Purdue uses mentorship. How has the program changed over the last couple years?
• How do you identify a mentor, even after college?

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Purdue Ties 

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Season two is focused on organizations, people and ideas that are focused to keeping women in construction. Carol has become a full time career coach helping women focus on defining success in their careers. On this episode we talk about ways to use a career coach and how to know if its the right time for you to find one.

Carol's worked over 15+ years in construction and now wants to take her knowledge to  helping women find a career in construction they enjoy.

The remainder of season two Doin' Girly Things will be focused on answering the question: How to we encourage and retain women in construction to aid the labor shortage and empower generations.   

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The guest Carol Dougherty
Carol's Career Coaching Youtube

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Season two is focused on organizations, people and ideas that are focused to keeping women in construction. Kara has become a full time CEO a wonderful organization called Black Girls Do Engineering focused on getting black girls ages 9-20 interested in STEM.

Kara's biggest drive is so her girls will be surrounded by black women in their careers. Kara have girls that she hopes to raise into strong women in STEM.

This year Black Girls do Engineer has 70 girls they are sponsoring. If you would like to volunteer to sponsor an event or a girl please reach out to Kara.

The remainder of season two Doin' Girly Things will be focused on answering the question: How to we encourage and retain women in construction to aid the labor shortage and empower generations.   

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The guest Kara
Black Girls Do Engineer Website 
Show Notes

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Season 3 and discussing what is the women build America movement and how listeners can get involved. 

The rest of the year episodes will be dedicated to retention, mentorship and career development for keeping women in construction. In the next two years its predicted that there are 1mil construction jobs that need to be filled. Why don't we fill them with WOMEN?

Imagine a country where women were able to look around at all the new buildings and infrastructure needed for our building economy and say "we built that." On the podcast I talk about how why women are needed more now than ever in construction.

If you want to have your company sponsored on the podcast contact us:  doingirlythings at gmail.com

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Season three we will discuss 

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Through the podcast I've met so many inspiring women that are taking over their father's construction company. Most kids grow up and dream of working away from their parents, but not Michelle. 

She knew that she was going to work at her dad’s construction business building houses. 

Michelle is a part of a growing number of women that are following in their dad’s construction footsteps.

As a general contractor in Texas, Michelle also helped the family business by getting her real estate and broker licenses. 

This allows her to sell the homes that her family’s business builds. 

Michelle also is able to learn from the experiences of her dad, and tries to help him move the business into the future.

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The guest Michelle, BossLadyBuilder

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Do you struggle with having to switch your shoes before you and your peers head outside to a construction site? Would you like shoes that look stylish while also being steel toed?

On this episode of Doin' Girly Things guest Ana the CEO Xena Footwear company talk about being one of the first companies making cute and trendy steel toed boots for women.

We talk about why Ana created the shoe brand and what plans she has for the company in the future.

Finding cute boots to wear to work that make you feel confident can be hard. Check out Xena's shoe collection for safe and stylish boots.

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The guest Ana, CEO of Xena Workwear for Women

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Anna, the Princess Plumber on IG, had a big shift in her life before realizing that women can be trade workers too. This led her to being an apprentice. 

On this episode we talk about union verse non-union trade school and how to pick the one for you.  

Find out how knows what it’s like to sometimes be the only woman on a construction site, and how to find empowerment and familiarity with her coworkers. 

She is active on Instagram, and tries to make weekly videos about being a female plumber on a construction site for her YouTube and TikTok accounts.

@PrincessPlumber answers speed round of questions popular to ask plumbers:

1. Do you cut drywall?
2. Can a plumber fix a dishwasher?
3. Plumber or electrician? 
4. Plumber or pipefitter?
5. Can a plumber make 100k?

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