For Sharae Moore, trucking runs in her family.
Her uncle and dad are both truck drivers, her cousins drive trucks, and while it’s not exactly an 18-wheeler, her mother was a school bus driver for several years.
“It’s in my blood,” says Moore, sitting in the St. Elmo home where she’s lived most of her life.
About Sharae Moore
› Age: 35› Jobs: Truck driver for Landstar and owner of S.H.E. Trucking, which stands for “Sisterhood Helping Empowerment in Trucking” and offers apparel for professional women drivers› Career: A native of Chattanooga, Moore was first trained and worked as a certified nursing assistant before deciding at age 30 to earn her commercial driver’s license and become a truck driver for a number of trucking companies over the past five years› Personal: Moore lives in St. Elmo, where she has resided most of her life› Website: For more information on S.H.E. Trucking at shetrucking.com.
The 35-year-old made the leap from being a certified nursing assistant to earning her commercial driver’s license in 2014. Jumping from a CNA to a CDL might seem odd for some, but Moore wanted a career change when she turned 30 and figured out she could get free schooling to obtain her CDL through Swift Transportation.