us workforce including an employee resource group that provides information on coaching career paths worklife balance and mentoring for women a company spokeswoman said a pivotal moment for women schwab said shes willing to spend her weekends and nights away from her toddler daughter to convince young women that a career in the automotive industry can be gratifying and highly rewarding laura schwab stands next to an aston martin db11 aston martin the americas its a very pivotal moment in time for women not just in the automotive space but in the world she said a lot of barriers or perceived barriers have started to be removed i think in automotive specifically weve still got a job to do i never thought of myself as a role model but now that i am in this role women are looking to me and saying i can do it and if i can play a small part in encouraging women that automotive is a wonderful place to work and an inspiring and exciting place then ill take on that role for sure laura schwabs daughter marie in her own mini aston martin laura schwab resilience hard work and perseverance are traits that schwab wants to instill in her own daughter my mom raised me to be a strong independent selfsufficient woman so i hope i made my mom proud she said hopefully i am setting the stage for my daughter to do the same i want her to be exactly what she wants to be i want to give her those opportunities