This community college student is America’s entrant in the Olympics of skilled trades. ‘I always wanted to be the first female to do something’
Mikala Sposito, a 21-year-old from Dexter, Michigan, will be the first woman to represent the United States in welding at the WorldSkills Competition in China. She earned this opportunity by winning the USA Weld Trials in Alabama. Sposito aims to inspire other women in the trades while pursuing her goal of earning a bachelor's degree in welding engineering.
- ▪Mikala Sposito is a student at Washtenaw Community College.
- ▪She will compete in the WorldSkills Competition, often referred to as the Olympics of skilled trades.
- ▪Sposito has been practicing welding for 80 hours a week in preparation for the competition.
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Growing up, Mikala Sposito dreamed of being a trailblazer.Recommended Video “I always wanted to be the first female to do something,” she said. That dream is about to be realized. The 21-year-old from Dexter, Michigan, will be the first woman to represent the United States in welding at the WorldSkills Competition in China. Sposito, a student at Washtenaw Community College, earned the coveted spot by winning the USA Weld Trials in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this year. “It was very, very close the whole time, but I was the one who made it to Shanghai,” Sposito said. Described as the Olympics of the skilled trades, WorldSkills determines the globe’s best in technical disciplines that include construction, information technology, manufacturing and robotics. And, of course, welding.
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