'It's a big accomplishment to be able to climb the ladder and make it.' Maria Adame, the West Coast's only female crane instructor and a longshoreman, has been doing it for more than 20 years.
Maria Adame rose through the ranks at the California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as one of few women working as a longshoreman.
"I used to walk there with my baby in the stroller. I went for six months straight every day," she said. Adame remembers the struggle of being only one of a few women on the waterfront."It was almost like 'don't tell me I can't, because I will,'" adding,"You're up against quite a bit. You have to learn how to not just be physically strong because there was a lot of labor involved you know, just the mental part of it."
The Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where Adame works, are two of the busiest container ports in the U.S., moving about 9.5 million containers in 2018.
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