The welding instructor at the Career Academy of Pella was recognized for her efforts in education.

Sheila Graham received both the American Welding Society Iowa Section 066 Howard Adkins Instructor of the Year Award and the District 16 regional honors. Graham tells KNIA/KRLS News she is thankful for the recognition.

“I was taken back–I wasn’t expecting that,” she says. “I do this because I absolutely love it. I love to give these students some type of work background to be able to not only weld, but read blueprints and also to be able to some managing…I really like to have them well rounded by the time they leave here.”

Hear more from Iowa’s Welding Instructor of the Year on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.