Hello, my name is Daffney Renteria, I am 23 years old, and I work in a car industry. I went to a 1-year program in college for Mechanic automotive. I am now working in the car industry as a recon manager working with used cars and working in a man's world is not as easy as it looks. This really sucks but to say this in a professional way, I love working with people who works on cars but working with sales managers or anyone above you that looks at you less is pretty rough. I do have a short story where I am working with used car director, and he bought a 2018 BMW M3 with the check engine light on. This vehicle was smoking out of the exhaust and out of the hood. I had 2 technicians look at this vehicle because he didn't believe in the first one and so the other technician said the same thing. He didn't believe not even one bit that the engine was seized, I made a comment saying that this vehicle needs to go to a BMW dealership where they can diagnose the issue better than a Chevrolet dealership. As a man talking to a woman thinking that I didn't know anything about cars told me that he was going to send my work somewhere else because I don't know anything about it. In that situation couple steps I took was that I took a deep breath no matter how upset I was, I never let anyone talk down on me and never let them think they have all the power to kick me like a rock. I look at his eyes and got into his face and I said " these are your used cars; I just fix them. If you want to send these off-brand vehicles somewhere else, do whatever you want," I immediately walked away. I told myself not to give up. His plan was to get rid of me and make me feel like I was nothing in this car industry. My self-esteem was very low, and I thought myself maybe I shouldn't be here. But now I don't work with him anymore I still continue working here with technicians and used cars which I have a very big heart for. As to achieve my career I don't' let anyone else step over me and continue loving what I do here. Working in a men's world is a big obstacle you will go through. After 5 years being mentally exhausted, I have decided to change my career as a radiologist and this will be my first year in August, hoping for the best for me.