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As engineers and companies across the globe support female engineers through the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign this week, Alabama Power and Southern Company female engineers are proud of their accomplishments in a male-dominated field.

The campaign, which began earlier this week, started when Isis Wenger, a platform engineer at OneLogin, a cloud-based identity management company, posted a response to attacks on an ad campaign in which she appeared.

Wenger was featured in her company’s recruiting ad showcasing its own engineers. Social media skeptics commented that she is, in fact, a model instead of an engineer.

Wenger responded with an essay and post using the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer and inadvertently launched a campaign fighting gender stereotypes in the tech field. As her #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign went viral, companies across the world have posted pictures and videos showcasing the talents of their own female engineers.

We sat down with Alabama Power and Southern Company engineers in Transmission. Their stories of how they became engineers, what their jobs entail and how they give back are inspiring and reinforce that engineers across the globe are making a difference.

Emily Boles

Alabama Power

Transmission Customer Service Supervisor

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Boles leads a team of engineers that works with economic development in recruiting businesses to Alabama. Boles’ interest in engineering began in high school.

“I learned about engineering in a 12^th-grade physics class when someone from Alabama Power spoke to our class and inspired me to pursue this career.”

Jessica Manfredi

Alabama Power

Senior Engineer – Transmission Customer Service

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Jessica Manfredi shares her experience and the phenomena of engineering with students involved in both iCan! Girls in Engineering and LEAP (Linemen, Engineers, & Apprentice Programs).

“So many kids don’t know what engineering is and what they do. Engineering is using math and science to solve problems, you are making a difference,” said Manfredi.

Mingyawna Satterwhite

Southern Company Services

Transmission Substation Design and Support Supervisor

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Mingyawna Satterwhite is an active volunteer with iCan! Girls in Engineering, a program sponsored by Alabama Power and Southern Company that teaches middle school girls about engineering.

“One of our missions is to dispel the myth that all engineers are boys and have to be geniuses. I can attest that you have to be disciplined and strive to meet your goals. We try to encourage girls that they can be anything they want to be and to go into the field of engineering,” Satterwhite said.

Vicki Chaney

Alabama Power

Supervisor of Transmission Line Maintenance Support Group

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Chaney was one of the first engineers hired by Alabama Power 31 years ago. She became interested in engineering after taking an engineering class as an elective while a college student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and began at Alabama Power in the Transmission department.

When asked why she is an engineer, Chaney said. “You get to make a difference. Electricity is essential to businesses and our livelihood.”

We want to see your own stories and photos of female Alabama engineers by using the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer along with the hashtag #Alabama