Tina: Journeyman Painter

Tina has been a Journeyman painter for 20 years.

By 25, Tina was divorced and a single mom to two small kids. She started her business with a ladder strapped to the top of her station wagon. She was the first to drop off and the last to pick up her kids from daycare, because she had to work to feed her kids.

Tina and Kathleen used to work for a program called... They went out and spoke to women around Alberta who were interested in getting skilled. Funding cuts squashed that program in 1998, but Tina never stopped telling her story and her passion is in getting single moms working in the skilled trades. I admire her for that.

Since 2007, Tina has been working as an Apprenticeship Consultant with the Government of Alberta. She manages the files of hundreds of Alberta Apprentices and goes into the field to speak, inspire and motivate.

Her story matters. There are other single moms out there who need to know that you can get out there and work, get skilled, get trained and get your Journeyman ticket.

Life as you know it today doesn't have to be that way 25 years down the road. Just ask Tina if you're ever unsure about that.