{"id":344852,"date":"2026-05-19T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/meet-the-american-woman-making-welding-history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:10","slug":"meet-the-american-woman-making-welding-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/meet-the-american-woman-making-welding-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the American woman making welding history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BikbD_iFJy4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Meet the American woman making welding history\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BikbD_iFJy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>21-year-old Mikala Sposito will be the first woman to represent the United States in welding at the WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China. 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