About the Author

Patrice Banks, former engineer and auto airhead, is the founder of Girls Auto Clinic, a workshop that empowers women through their cars. After working for twelve years as an engineer, Banks began leading car care workshops for women. Her inspiring story has been told in publications like O, The Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, and Elite Daily, among others, and she's appeared on CBS This Morning, Fox and Friends, and more. Banks is opening a full service auto repair shop staffed by female mechanics in the summer of 2016.