Maria Klemperer-Johnson is a graduate of Stanford University where she studied

computer science and geology. Soon after arriving in Ithaca to attend Cornell

she decided instead to follow her passion for working with wood. In 2002 she

got her first job in construction then went on to learn her trade by working with

several regional companies and builders. Encountering few women in her trade,

she founded Hammerstone Carpentry for Women in 2013. A now thriving

school located in Trumansburg, NY, Hammerstone teaches everything from

basic carpentry and workshops to in depth intensives. They hope to help

increase the nuimber of women in the building trades.