“You don’t have to fit into a box. You don’t have to fit into the pink box. You don’t have to fit into the blue box. You don’t have to fit in the construction box.” “I hate boxes,” she says. “I’m just Lauren Matthews. I own MattLane Construction. It happens to be a concrete construction company.”
Her message to the next generation is larger than gender.
“If you want to do something that you love to do, that’s what you should do. There’s probably going to be hardships. The hardships are going to look different than other hardships, but no matter what, we’re always going to face hardships. If it’s really what you want to do, who is stopping you? ”
Lauren Matthews, Founder, MattLane Construction with Husband and Project Manager, Shane Matthews
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