Erica van Frankenhuyzen found her passion at the age of 15. Unlike other girls in her class, she took an interest in welding and fell in love with it.
When she enrolled in a college apprenticeship, she wasn’t taken seriously. But now, the 25-year-old is part of the team building the huge playground at Manchester city centre's new Mayfield Park.
Speaking ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the theme of which, ‘Break the Bias’ encourages people to challenge stereotyping, Erica says women and girls should ‘go for it’ when it comes to getting into careers perceived as just ‘for men’.
