Isabel Tuman

I was raised around cars my whole life from my father. I knew it was a passion I had, but I didn't know where to start or where to begin, so I connected with a woman who recommended me to a foundation that supports women's skill training. That encouraged me to go apply to welding school and an automotive school. To pay for college, I worked in sports and fitness as a personal trainer for about 4 years. Today, I am co-chairman, or vice chairman, of my local American Welding Society chapter, where I help host student and professional networking events, do professional trainings, and manage social media. My full-time career is as a sales account manager with the National Hot Rod Association, where I help market motorsport companies in the aftermarket industry to provide parts for racers and race teams. I'm just coming up on my first year in this position. My biggest achievement was my internship where I was a tire and body mechanic on a top fuel Funny car, the world's fastest cars, in 2025. Motorsports has always been a community to me. I was raised throughout the floors within my family, and that expanded to my father's race team, which was a community, and now I have this network of just one giant family I've created.