From Welder to Entrepreneur: Meet Lashanna Lintamo

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Lashanna Lintamo is an uncommon sight in construction: a Black, female welder and ironworker. She says her social media presence, which includes YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, aims to inspire other women to consider the profession. It’s also designed to showcase and promote her larger endeavors and ambitions.
These include media projects with other Black welders; an up-and-coming clothing line; a media platform for Black creatives; an at-home childcare business; and establishing an apprenticeship program in Ethiopia.
Welding, to Lintamo, has certainly been more than just a trade—or even a career. It’s been a lifestyle, a pathway for her to pursue deeper, more meaningful aspirations. Lintamo said welding has allowed her to realize that she can build, and do, anything.
“When you go back and look at your work, that’s the greatest feeling,” she said. “Sometimes you go through hell putting that stuff in. Sometimes it can be hard, very challenging, physically and mentally. But it’s so rewarding to look at something you built and say, ‘You did that. You did.’”

Check out Lashanna’s YouTube Channel, “The Fashion Welder,” here:
   / @thefashionwelder  

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