Women in construction
Yesterday, I told you about the roof we needed — and the months of bids, no-shows, and dead ends that followed. The right roofer came through an unexpected recommendation from my hairstylist: her friend April, a professional makeup artist who founded her own roofing company. The first week of January, April Santiago with Bootstrap Roofing…
Some North Texas high schoolers will take their blueprints from paper to reality this week as they compete for scholarships and learn what a career in construction could look like. More than 275 students from 16 Texas high schools will gather May 7–8 at Dallas College’s Cedar Valley Campus in Lancaster for the 2025 Dallas-Fort…
A Black woman might feel like the odds are stacked against her in the male-dominated field of architecture and construction. Plus, English isn’t the first — or even the second language — for Wenguel Yohannes, a construction manager for one of Dallas’ premier multifamily developers, Alamo Manhattan. But this story isn’t about how Yohannes beat the…
