Adrianne Ashford

Alishia Ballard graduated in 2015 with a degree in civil engineering from San Diego State University. After graduating, she has been interning with San Francisco Public Works in their structural engineering section. Structural engineering is a subcategory of civil engineering, and it often involves designing, inspecting and analyzing structures like bridges and buildings. Learn more here: ww2.kqed.org/quest/2016/01/15/career-spotlight-structural-engineer/

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Sometimes with engineers, theres a stereotype like, "No, you just like to go inside and be an introvert and just read textbooks all day." Definitely not me. I like to talk, I like to hang out with friends, I love basketball, I love sports.

Hello everyone, my name is Alishia Ballard, and Im a structural engineer currently working at San Francisco Public Works. Structural engineers work on all the plans in order to develop structures like bridges, infrastructure like large buildings. Also doing analysis, figuring