(Drill whirrs) So in 2008, I founded a nonprofit to teach design and construction skills to middle and high school students, specifically young women of color.
(Saw whirrs) And over the past two decades, as I have found and built that community for myself, I've realized that the reasons that I love construction are not unique.
I am in Wensleydale, climbing from the rocky river that leaps amid broad pastures up to the rolling moor. Up and up, till my feet brush through heather, and the grouse whirrs away before me.
(Saw whirrs) And at the end of that project, I stood back and looked at what we had built -- a town park with a performance stage, paths and public furniture, and I knew that I had something to contribute to the world.