As young as 6 years old, Selasie Buatsi had her own steel-toe shoes and hard hat, which she donned each Saturday for tagging along with her contractor father to jobsites in her native Ghana.
This early exposure to the industry sparked an interest that led her to move to the U.S. at the age of 19 to study civil engineering and develop her own career path. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree from Purdue University.
