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Chaya Milchtein is an automotive educator, influencer, and author of Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership: Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us. She unapologetically stands out in a crowd, flaunting her fashion sense while teaching about cars, traveling the world, and breaking all kinds of norms. Chaya made it her life’s mission to educate women and queer people about their cars. She’s dedicated her career to educating the average car owner, not the automotive enthusiasts, about their cars – a career she found and built after aging out of the foster care system. She’s taught her popular car classes at libraries, universities, non-profits, and businesses. Chaya has worked with national and international automotive brands, including CarMax, TireRack, iFixit, and Jerry. She has been featured in AARP, NPR’s Lifekit, Oprah Magazine, Car Talk, and The Chicago Tribune. She’s written for AAA’s Via Magazine, Parents Magazine, Shondaland, and PBS’s Next Avenue.
SHOW SPONSORS
CAPitalize Your Finances Online Course • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • Cars Yeah TV
INSPIRATION
In her new book, Chaya has three pages of acknowledgments to all the people who have helped her along this journey. Past Cars Yeah guest and master mechanic Jill Trotta* has been a mentor and friend.
CHALLENGES
Being a queer fat woman in the automotive has been a challenge that has helped others facing the same challenges.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILES
An old, yellow Toyota Pickup truck a past boss let her have some fun with.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership: Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us by Chaya Milchtein*
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
I hate blinker fluid and what it represents. (Listen to the story behind this on Chaya’s show, it’s important!)
WHERE TO FIND CHAYA
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.