El Segundo Fire Chief Deena Lee is holding a camp in the city of El Segundo, to show teenage girls what it's like to be a firefighter.
"If I can do it at 33 years old, anyone can do it," Lee said."And I want to give the girls an opportunity to get started."
Nearly 20 years after becoming a firefighter, the former battalion chief became the first woman fire chief in the South Bay last fall."My mission is to make it better for women that are going to come after me," added Lee. No better way to do that than this camp, which Chief Lee plans to hold annually so young women can begin to think differently about what's possible.
"I was going to be a nurse and they said you should try firefighting," said Lee."It never occurred to me. I was 29-years-old, and they said, 'do some ride-alongs with us,' and I did ride-alongs with every station in Long Beach and I just loved it."
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