Tradeswomen Talk
Tradeswomen Talk gets real about life in the skilled trades, construction careers, and male‑dominated industries, no filters, no fluff.
Hosted by plumber, trades advocate, and island firebrand Judaline Cassidy, this motivational podcast features bold conversations with women and men across the trades, from plumbing and electrical to carpentry, ironwork, and beyond, who are building careers, breaking barriers, and changing what “women in construction” and “women in the trades” look like.
From job site truths to personal breakthroughs, these are the career stories and blue‑collar realities you won’t hear in any HR meeting. If you’re in the field, in an apprenticeship, running a crew, or dreaming about a nontraditional career, you’re in the right place.
Expect grit, big laughs, hard lessons, women’s empowerment, and unapologetic honesty, with a little island sass in every episode.
We don’t wait our turn, we take our space.
It’s our time.
We Can Do It.
Jobs Don’t Have Genders®
Tradeswomen Talk
Connecting Architecture To Purpose: D’ Smith Alexander
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With excitement, let us introduce to you Dwayne Smith Alexander.
Mr Alexander is a proud first generation Jamaican American base between New York City and the Caribbean.
He earned Bachelors of Architecture degree at Howard University and is a proud member of NOMA ( National Organization Of Minority)
D’Smith does it all, he’s is an architectural designer, urban theorist, singer/songwriter and real estate investor. In acting that would be a triple threat but in the world of construction he’s a boss.
He’s designed housing civic and cultural structures for the benefit of African American and Caribbean communities.
His surroundings has inspired his design, the sub cultures of African and Caribbean communities influences he choices for concept to completion.
Mr Smith knows that it’s important that as he he climbs he lifts, So in spare time he gives architectural lectures to art student at The New School and John Jay College in New York.
And if all of this is not impressive he still found time to start a mastermind with his brother The League of Exemplary Men.
Remember his name you’re going to see more great architectural designs created by him.
Connect with D Smith:
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsmithalexander/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dsmithalexander/
TikTok:
@dsmithalexander
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