"When I started 35 years ago, I was one of the first women in a craft position, and it wasn't as welcoming and inviting of an environment," she says. "However I was very fortunate to work in areas that were accepting of women. Now today, that has turned 360 degrees around. It's much easier today for women who come in the industry. Those challenges we had to resolve 40 years ago... I think they realized women weren't going anywhere. They eventually learned to work with us. But overall my experience in this industry, whether we were Bethlehem, ISG or AcrelorMittal, has been positive wherever I was. Today it's easier for women to come out and do whatever they want to do out here. The doors are wide open."