"We got kids. We can be a girly girl. We can still be a woman and be a truck driver."
This woman truck driver has become a social media sensation. She's using the internet to bust stereotypes about the profession.
This woman truck driver has become a social media sensation. She's using the internet to bust stereotypes about the profession.
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00:00So they say why don't more women drive trucks and they so tired of seeing the
00:0455-year-old co-worker and his third divorce saying oh this is a man's world.
00:10Look ladies the only reason a lot of y'all not in this industry because you
00:14just don't know how fun it is.
00:23It's so important for me to share my experience on social media because it's
00:28sharing the outlook of what's behind it what's behind the scenes of a truck
00:32driver and it's making a believer is so many women that really feel like they
00:36can't get in the truck it because they are a female so I'm giving that
00:39opportunity to be like look if I could do it you could do it we got kids we we
00:43can be a girly girl we can be a still be a woman and be a truck driver.
00:58If anybody ever try to say truck drivers are nasty let them know baby you just
01:12haven't seen the right truck yet. I mean let them know we keep food on deck in
01:17an outspoken type of truck everything wiped down, bleach, wipes, refrigerator on
01:24stack. Yes let them know flat-screen TVs made up babe. What I enjoy most about
01:33being a truck driver is the love of the road. Experiencing different people
01:37traveling in different areas and taking my energy and placing it all around the
01:41East Coast and just the scenery of learning new things and it's so
01:47powerful being able to drive like a train on the road to the point where it's
01:52unbelievable that I can do it and still be cute and classy. I got into it because I
02:03really felt like it was great income I went to school for four years for my
02:07bachelor's and it really wasn't no money in my degree I was gonna have to have a
02:12lot of experience just to get the money I was looking for so I decided just to
02:17get in trucking and make a better living for my family.
02:33I really think more women should consider a career in truck driving. I
02:37mean what's the problem? I mean we are here to show it's a job. We are here to
02:42show the world we could do anything and it's just another day. You just gotta
02:47learn how to drive.
02:52Being a female driver sometimes I can be very unsafe because some people don't
02:58understand that just because we are truckers that don't mean we're still not
03:04women so some of the areas be bad as far as the bathroom set up showering and
03:09parking and we can't just park anywhere. As many precautions I take just to make
03:14sure I make it home. I always make sure I park where it's well-lit. There's a lot
03:19of other trucks there. I never really be in the area by myself. I put my seatbelt
03:23through the door and I hook it right here on the hook just to make sure
03:28somebody try to break in. They can't get in. Another thing is I don't go in the
03:32truck stops too much. I got a port-a-potty so I won't have to get up
03:37and leave in the middle of the night. I don't do a lot of interaction on the
03:41road.
03:49The main thing I want people to take from watching my videos is always
03:54remember to follow your dreams. You don't got to be like the stereotype and
03:57everybody else. Make your own destiny. You are control of it and be positive
04:01while doing it. Every day is not going to be the same. Every day not gonna be a
04:05good day but when somebody tell you no you prove them wrong and you make it a
04:09yes. If you really want to do it you put your mind to it. Accomplish it. Set goals
04:13for yourself to make sure that you can prosper and grow in whatever
04:18field you decide you want to follow.