CLEVELAND — Popping car hoods and changing car parts has been Carbae’s passion for more than a decade. She’s the owner and operator of Carbae’s Auto Service and Repair, which is the first business of its kind in Cleveland.
What You Need To Know
- Women in the automotive industry are a small but growing minority in the United States
- A northeast Ohio business owner, who goes by the name “Carbae,” is opening doors to the next generation of women in the industry
- Carbae said that her business is the only woman-owned and operated auto repair shop in Cleveland, which first opened its doors in May
Carbae said her auto repair journey began in 2015 as a roadside technician at AAA, becoming the only female tech in Ohio.
She graduated from Ohio Technical College three years later and worked at other local auto repair shops before starting her own business offering mobile services during the COVID-19 pandemic…