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How Motherhood Fits into the Construction Industry

Kathryn Hart | Construction | Architecture | Engineering | Career Development Season 4 Episode 7

Today we are chatting with Tonia Rivers.  

She is a mom, Founder and Executive Director of Mothers in Construction, Podcast Host of the Mothers in Construction Podcast, Motivational Speaker, Owner & President of WLS Construction Consultants LLC, and a 17-year construction professional

We chat about her:

  • Her transition from architecture school to construction
  • Her career path from estimator to working for the army corp of engineers and beyond
  • The benefits of taking on tasks before they are expected of you
  • Her story leading into motherhood
  • The Mothers in Construction Podcast

If you want more motherhood in construction stories, check out her podcast or pull up the Space to Build Blog.  Starting this month (March 2023), we will be featuring motherhood and pregnancy stories on the blog through the lens of mothers in our S2B community!

Resources from this Episode:

  • The book she references - What to Expect When You're Expecting
  • Her podcast episode she references - Episode 16 - My Why

If you want to connect with Tonia, you can find her here:

Please head to the blog to learn more and check out the Trailblazing Mothers in Construction blog series:  https://spacetobuild.co/blog/

This episode was edited by KT Podcasting.





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