Twenty-five years later, Aguayo, 43, is now teaching welding and pushing to get more girls interested in the high-paying field, which is confronting a scarcity of workers.

Kalei Kipp is the only girl in the welding program at her high school. Why don't more women go into that profession? Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the Box, a series on the ...

Girl with spina bifida becomes a welding star Originally published February 9, 2011 at 7:05 pm Updated February 9, 2011 at 9:16 pm Teenager has overcome adversity to become a top high-school welder.

Nationwide, women make up fewer than 4%of the skilled trades like carpentry and electrical work. The day-long, free event at ...

But traditionally, girls haven't signed up for Sherwood's trade-related classes, which prompted the school to start NBA. In one of his current woods courses, 32 of 36 students are male, Dickover said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 40 high school girls from around Kentucky competed in the first-ever 'Future Women in Welding' competition held in Louisville on Thursday.

Last week, 15 girls from Grades 7 to 9 tried their hand at woodworking, electrical and even welding during a week-long Skills Ontario summer camp at Conestoga College's Cambridge campus.

Project MFG Youth Welding Challenge featured local home-school students ages of 10 and 17, from the Yuma, AZ area hosted by Shanen Aranmor, of Weld Like A Girl. YUMA, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES ...