Social Impact Heroes: Photographer Anne-Marie Michel Is Helping To Share The Stories Of The Joy & Challenges Women Truck Drivers Face

Desiree Wood is a truck driver I met while at a trucker campout in the desert in Arizona. She’s a force to be reckoned with! Her personal journey has been hard won and inspired by some of the horrific experiences she had whilst training to be a trucker she has become a grassroots advocate for women rights and safety for everyone in the trucking industry. As well as working as a truck driver, she runs two trucker charities — REAL Women in Trucking and T.E.A.R. (Truckers Emergency Assistance Responders). 50% of profits of Sisters of the Road merchandise sold during my exhibitions and 20% of my photographic print sales goes to these and other trucking charities (charity chosen by the woman featured in the image).