"I
feel like a heart surgeon, working
every day on broken hearts. They are bleeding and they have
huge gaping holes in them and I
get to help mend the broken-hearted.
"A lot of the men said flat out
that women
didn’t belong in the oil field. . . . I was told
that I worked circles
around most of the men, but that wasn’t enough to
get over the prejudice..."
"I’m a Hispanic male and that
made it tough
for me to fit in at work at first. . . . my supervisors and
co-workers started out thinking of me as an Affirmative Action applicant
with no education or skills."
Before working
this job, I
was in prison with no skills at all. I had dealt drugs up
until that point. Four years later, I’ve
turned my life around.
"I am 
"I
feel like a heart surgeon, 
"A lot of the men said flat out
that 
"I’m a Hispanic male and that
made it 
Before working
this job, 
"I'm a Mexican American
female. I'm fortunate to work in a brotherhood where