The Dirt

Women at Work: Shanti Hodges, Hiking guide and glamp camp owner

Tell us about Land Beyond Zion. I started guiding in 2019 in the Zion area. At first I was leading retreats, but then when COVID hit, I realized that wouldn’t be an option for a few years, so

Women at Work: Nicole Freshley, Artist

Nicole Freshley painting. We are celebrating 5 years of Dovetail, highlighting the women who have helped build workwear by, for and with women. Meet our founders, employees, pant namesakes and wear testers. Learn about their work with Dovetail

Women at Work: Girls Garage

Top, left to right: Zoe, Stella, Emily / Bottom: Chandler, Bethany, Maddie, Sonny, Margot, Isabel, Summer Girls Garage is a design and construction school for girls and gender-expansive youth ages 9-18 in the Bay Area. Through classes in carpentry,

ReTooled Fit: Taking New Measures

Women at Work: Christa Miller-Shelley, Captain of the Gloucester Adventure

We are celebrating 5 years of Dovetail, highlighting the women who have helped build workwear by, for and with women. Meet our founders, employees, pant namesakes and wear testers. Learn about their work with Dovetail and see

Women at Work: Lauline Mitchell, Past-president of NAWIC

Current Director of Pre-Construction, BBI Construction Dovetail attended the NAWIC 2023 Annual Conference in Portland last week and caught up with the National Association of Women In Construction past president, Lauline Mitchell. What does a day in your work

Women at Work: Mercy M'fon Shammah, Executive Director of Wild Diversity

We are celebrating 5 years of Dovetail, highlighting the women who have helped build workwear by, for and with women. Meet our founders, employees, pant namesakes and wear testers. Learn about their work with Dovetail and see

Women at Work: Kylie Williams, Kylie Weaves Crab Line

What does a day in your work life look like? Look at my order sheet and see what I need to make for the day. Pick out crab line colors for mats, baskets, coasters and jellyfish. What made

Women at Work: Sara Kent DeLuca, Dovetail Co-Founder and Director of Product Development

What does a day at Dovetail Product Creation look like? It starts with two of my favorite things, percolator coffee and a quick walk with my dog, Shasta. Sometimes at breakfast, I get a funny text or video

Women at Work: Alejandra Prado, Plumber's Apprentice

Alejandra at the job site. What does a day in your work life look like? On a regular Tuesday when I have class: 3:30am wake up 4:30am leave for work 6:00am start 9:00-9:20am break 9:21 back to work 12:00pm lunch 3:30pm go home Work that I do

Women at Work: Kate Day, Co-Founder of Dovetail Workwear

What does a day in your work life look like? One strong cup of coffee, and then I jump into it! My role touches almost every aspect of Dovetail: working with our sales team to expand accounts in

Women at Work: Jessica Paige, Farmer/Entrepreneur

What does a day in your work life look like? I start work at 7am daily. The farm crew and I usually have a daily morning meeting and talk about what needs to get done on the farm.

Women at Work: A Mother Daughter team: building a business, an education and a community in Tucson.

Truly the highlight of our year so far was spending the day in Tucson, Arizona with Irene, Angelina and Emily, who so graciously took us on a tour of the YWCA of Southern Arizona and the colorful

Women at Work: Anjanet Banuelos Bolanos: Union laborer Business Rep, LiUNA Local 737

What does a day in your work life look like? I am a union business Representative for LiUNA 737 in Portland, Oregon. We have about 3000 members statewide. I tour job sites that our members work on. I

Women at Work: Tara J. Gorman, Retail manager, AC Produce

Tara Gorman, working in the “fruit mines”. What does a day in your work life look like? I arrive at the shop at 7 a.m. every day – Okay, 7:10 if I make too much use of the snooze

Women at Work: Portland General Electric X Dovetail Workwear

Tyndale Uniform Suppliers connected Dovetail Workwear to Portland General Electric, an energy company based in Portland, OR and an employer of approximately 3,000. Dovetail Workwear’s Product Team recruited PGE’s female employees to provide feedback on our flame-resistant