SYLVIA
Mechanic, Los Angles 2017.
She/her

This is Sylvia, along with her co-workers they offer free rides to women across the districts and suburbs of Los Angeles.

A love of cruising the city at night in their restored autos led five sassy street mechanics to find a carbon offset purpose within their community. Passengers range from minimum-wage nightshift workers, to a safe ride home for young women out for an evening at Spanish cinemas and Cuban dance halls. 

Sylvia is a prominent voice in the ‘No gracias señor’ movement which calls for specific laws against harassment of women in male dominated workplaces.

Her querida is known simply as Green Goddess, a V8 Selene Fastback manufactured by Wade of Ohio in 1968  – one of only five known running examples from the long defunct maker.