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[Music] hi my name is Myra. I'm from Lo 46, a carpenter apprentice, um, here at the training center in Fairfield, California. Um, I'm a fifth period. Uh, I got into the trades with, uh, um, Richmond Bill. I did my pre-apprenticeship program there. From there, I got sponsored into the Union. Uh, I started with WM Lios doing concrete formwork and currently I'm with, uh, Flint Builder. Uh, we're also doing some form work and doing school work.
Something that I really enjoy in my apprenticeship is the Brotherhood that it is, the unit, the union that is between everybody. Uh, obviously the work and the benefits that we have, but I really enjoy working with my coworkers. It's a really good environment. I feel welcome. I feel part of the team and I have learned a lot.
I I wanted to be a carpenter because my dad was a handyman and he did some finish work in cabinets. So I decided to become a carpenter since I grew up my dad watching my dad working on it. So I already had that. Right out of high school, unfortunately, I didn't know anything about the trades, but um, I learned that later on. I out of high school, I was in the medical field as a nursing assistant making only $25 an hour and I was not going to make any more than that. So of course I wanted to make more money, be more successful, have a career and obviously bring more money into my house so I can be successful and have a good life. So that's pretty much what motivated me to be a carpenter. Uh, my grandpa is also a carpenter, a finish carpenter. So I'm pretty really proud to be a carpenter now.
I think one of the challenges that I have had is so far in my apprenticeship, I think it's, uh, not being really involved with the with the with the Union. Uh, not so much the field. The field has been work great. The brothers have welcomed me really good. Uh, I think the issue was that I wasn't being involved. So my advice to anybody in the union or want to join the union, go to your union meetings, be involved with the programs that they have to offer and get to know everybody. Networking is really important and I think that's a big part of what's going to keep your career going.
I would encourage everybody to try a trade if they want to do a carpenter trade or any other trade that'd be great. Um, all the sisters out there, don't be afraid. You know, this is for everybody. Uh, the times that we're living on, they're focusing a lot on bringing sisters into it and young people. You know, because we all want to have good careers, have good good income to our families. Uh, don't be afraid. Join a trade. Come see us. We'll be here to help you. I would just like to tell everybody to find your true.
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