Michigan Reconnect Helps Veteran Find Her Welding Passion
Katie Brownlow earned her one-year Southwestern Michigan College welding certificate in April and parlayed her internship into a job with Cotton Gin Smokers, premium, hand-crafted barbecue smokers made on Terminal Road, Niles.
Brownlow, a single mom and veteran who turns 38 in July, plans to continue to her welding associate degree.
“I’ve got that fire in me again,” Brownlow said, “and it’s not burning out. I’m not going backwards anymore.”
