What’s the tie to Fastenal, you ask? Victoria is the proud owner of a woman’s hi-vis vest that she purchased from Fastenal. At Fastenal, we listen to what women need from PPE and then work with our suppliers to fulfill those needs. Learn more today! CLICK V ictoria has been around the construction industry her entire life. Her father owns a large general contractor business, so naturally, Victoria went to school for criminal justice. Wait. What? “I decided to do criminal justice,” says Messina. “I loved it. I wanted to be a homicide detective. I ended up working for the district attorney’s office, and I came to a point where it was like, OK, you either go to law school, which I didn’t want to do because I had just finished school, or you find another career path.” Messina talked with her father about construction again. “I said, you know what? Let me try this construction thing again, and I’ll see how it works. And I ended up loving it!” 10
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