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Chaya Milchtein

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Chaya Milchtein is the driving force behind Mechanic Shop Femme. As an automotive educator, speaker, and writer, she's made it her life’s mission to educate women and LGBT people about their cars. Her website also highlights her work on her other passion: empowering women to live their best lives in the bodies they have, through fashion and modeling. Chaya’s work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Go Magazine, and others. She lives with her fiancée and tortoise in Wisconsin.

Latest Articles

Meet Alex Koones, the Jewish Woman Feeding Hungry Queers in NYC

By Chaya Milchtein
May 11, 2020

How to Plan a Queer Jewish Wedding Without Parents

By Chaya Milchtein
December 2, 2019

This Non-Binary Influencer Is Empowering Plus Size People Through Boudoir Shoots

By Chaya Milchtein
November 11, 2019

What Happened When I Came Out to My Orthodox Foster Dad

By Chaya Milchtein
October 11, 2019
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