Marijke Booth said she's used to working in a 'man's world' - and when she started in the trade she couldn't even get boots to fit.
But after stuffing out the end of her steel-toe boots with socks she's got stuck into being a full-time mechanic.
She hassled a local garage into giving her a job as a mechanic, built her own car and scored a place working for a race team, and now owns her very own garage.
Marijke said it's been far from easy - male customers often defer to her male colleagues and advertising is dominated by male faces.
But after stuffing out the end of her steel-toe boots with socks she's got stuck into being a full-time mechanic.
She hassled a local garage into giving her a job as a mechanic, built her own car and scored a place working for a race team, and now owns her very own garage.
Marijke said it's been far from easy - male customers often defer to her male colleagues and advertising is dominated by male faces.
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00:00Hi, I'm Marika Booth. I'm 21. I'm the owner and mechanic here at Elmwood Performance.
00:07People are always so shocked to find out that I own this garage at such a young age, and
00:13especially being a girl. I don't look like the owner. I think it shocks anyone that comes
00:17in here. And I just think it's so important that we know that this industry doesn't have
00:21a look. You know, you can come in and you can work here. You do belong here, even though
00:25you feel like you don't. And I want to prove to women and girls out there that roles in
00:31certain jobs do not have a look. You can do anything, and it's important to know that
00:35we can work and there's role models out there in male-dominated industries.