Women's History Month With Iesha Morris

March is National Women’s History month. In honor of the contribution of hard-working women everywhere, we want to highlight our field laborer, Ieisha Morris. Ieisha has been an integral part of the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project Team for over 3 years.  You can’t miss her at the site.  She’s always on the job site with her Kawasaki mule.

The Calaveras Dam Replacement Project is her first construction job. She came to the project through the Cypress Mandela Training Center.  The Cypress Mandela Training Center is a community based organization that provides pre-apprentice construction and life skills programs. The SFPUC’s Office of Labor Relations works together with the Mandela Cypress Center to help place graduating students of the program at construction jobs. 

Ieisha starts her day early in the morning. She does everything from cleaning up equipment and  managing the garbage and recycling to keeping the onsite water treatment system working and escorting trucks to the job site. In other words, she does just about everything to keep the busy project moving.    

She says the she really enjoys working outdoors. “I learn something new every day on the job site and it has been fascinating to see the dam go from plans on paper to an actual tangible project.”



Ieisha hopes to continue to work in the construction industry after her job is complete at the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project.  When she is not busy working, she likes to hike and spend  quality time with her two sons and her extended family.

On behalf of the Calaveras Team we want to thank Iesha and all the field laborers for all of their incredible work to make the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project a success.

For more information on the Cypress Mandela Training Program: http://cypressmandela.org/

See you around the Valley!