This One's for the Gals

06/10/2026

👩‍🏭 Meet Melody Ramos, a Welding student working toward a certificate of completion at TSTC’s Fort Bend County campus. With an open mind and a strong commitment to the trade, Ramos embraces every opportunity to learn in the lab. Inspired by the experiences and advice shared by fellow students and the program's instructors, she is motivated to put in the hard work needed to succeed. Her goal is to pursue underwater welding and continue expanding her skills in this specialized field.

06/09/2026

Every career begins with a moment.

A moment when a student realizes there are opportunities beyond what she’s seen before.

A moment when curiosity becomes confidence.

A moment when she begins to picture herself in a role, an industry, or a future she never knew existed.

That’s why workforce awareness matters.

Before students can choose a pathway, they need opportunities to explore one. Through hands-on experiences, industry engagement, and immersive technology, we’re helping young women discover careers they may have never considered and showing them that they belong in those spaces.

Because the future doesn’t begin when they enter the workforce.

It begins the moment they can see themselves in it.

💗 Girls can’t be what they can’t see.

06/05/2026

🌟 Gal Spotlight: Marivel Recio 🌟

Some of you may recognize this smiling face from our Women in Industry Fashion Show runway, where she proudly represented the next generation of women exploring careers in industry.

Today, we're excited to celebrate Marivel Recio, who is heading into her senior year at Corpus Christi ISD's Foy H Moody High School and spending her summer as an intern with the Port of Corpus Christi's Marine Assets team.

Opportunities like this give students a chance to move beyond the classroom and gain firsthand experience in industries that keep our communities, ports, and economy moving. From career exploration to real-world workforce experience, Marivel is taking an important step toward discovering what her future can look like.

We couldn't be more proud to watch her continue growing, learning, and saying "yes" to new opportunities.

Please join us in congratulating Marivel on an incredible summer internship and wishing her an amazing senior year ahead! 💙

Girls can't be what they can't see and Marivel is helping show what's possible!

06/05/2026

🚀 Fueling the Future Friday 🚀

It's Fueling the Future Friday, and that's exactly what we did last month at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)!

Students from London High School and Blanson CTE High School had the opportunity to attend the in Houston and participate in the Energy4me Student STEM Workshop sponsored by ExxonMobil, where they explored careers connected to energy, engineering, technology, infrastructure, and innovation through firsthand exposure to one of the world's largest industry events.

From engaging with professionals and exhibitors to seeing cutting-edge technologies up close, students gained valuable insight into the many career pathways that help power our world. More importantly, they were able to connect classroom learning to real-world opportunities and begin envisioning what their own futures could look like.

At , we believe girls can't be what they can't see. Experiences like OTC help make those possibilities visible by providing meaningful workforce exposure and direct access to the people, technologies, and industries shaping tomorrow.

A special thank you to London High School and Blanson CTE High School for partnering with us and investing in opportunities that help students explore what's possible beyond graduation.

We would also like to thank Buckeye Partners for helping make this experience possible. Your support continues to create meaningful opportunities for students to learn, explore, and discover future career pathways.

A heartfelt thank you to Paige McCown and the Society of Petroleum Engineers for helping coordinate this experience and for their ongoing commitment to workforce development and inspiring the next generation of industry professionals.

View our full highlight video courtesy of the amazing Avenue Street at this link: https://youtu.be/wm5c0fSXeI8

Because when we invest in exposure, exploration, and opportunity, we're doing more than creating a field trip.

We're fueling the future. 💙

The OTC 2026 Student Workforce Experience brought together high sch...

06/01/2026

These reflection cards have become one of our favorite traditions. 💗

After every experience, we ask students to pause, think, and write down what stayed with them.

At , Charlee Foster shared a message that clearly stuck:

“It’s about learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

Because sometimes the biggest growth happens just outside the comfort zone. ✨

05/30/2026

💛 Did you know?

This One’s for the Gals was proud to be selected as a 2024 DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant recipient!

Through this opportunity, we received a generous tool donation designed to help support trade skills awareness and hands-on career exploration.

If you’ve attended one of our expos, you may have seen these tools on display — giving students the chance to familiarize themselves with real equipment while exploring careers in the skilled trades.

We’re grateful to DEWALT for investing in the future workforce and helping create opportunities that inspire the next generation. ⚒️💗

05/29/2026

Sometimes the most important thing we can give a girl is the opportunity to try.

Because confidence doesn’t appear overnight — it grows through exposure, encouragement, and experiences that help her discover what she’s capable of.

At This One’s for the Gals, we believe career awareness starts early and possibilities expand when girls are given the chance to see themselves in new spaces.

Because girls can’t be what they can’t see. 💗

05/29/2026

💗⚡ It’s Fueling the Future Friday … and this one is worth watching!

We were honored to be part of Alief Independent School District's inaugural Forge Her Future ALL GIRL Welding Competition, where 165 young women from across Texas came together to showcase skill, determination, and the future of welding!

This experience was about more than competition — it was about confidence, opportunity, and helping girls see what’s possible through skilled trades and real-world career exploration!

Huge congratulations to Alief ISD and the incredible industry partners who helped make this event possible. Thank you for allowing This One’s for the Gals to be part of such an inspiring day!

🎥 Watch the highlight video — and be sure to stay all the way to the end to catch a glimpse of one of our favorite Giveback Gals 💗
https://youtu.be/CiDmF_AOdm0

Because girls can’t be what they can’t see.

This is Alief's first all girl welding competition.

05/28/2026

A meaningful afternoon spent building connections and expanding horizons. 💗👷‍♀️

Thanks to a generous donation from Corpus Christi WINUP, This One’s for the Gals was able to reserve a table at this month’s Associated Builders and Contractors Texas Coastal Bend RGV Council's Luncheon and invite several young ladies to join us for a firsthand look at industry leadership and professional engagement in action.

The luncheon featured updates and perspectives from leaders representing Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, The Chemours Company, and OxyChem while giving our students the opportunity to experience a professional industry setting, listen, learn, and begin imagining what their own futures could look like.

We were also honored to have Amanda Lane and Patricia Morales from AEP Texas join us at our table alongside our longtime friend and supporter, Catherine Katie Cole. Thank you for investing your time, encouragement, and conversation into these young women.

And a special thank you again to WINUP (Women's International Network of Utility Professionals) Corpus Christi Chapter for helping make experiences like this possible.

Support starts early. Success lasts generations.