Skillsusa

"Just make something cool." That's what Victoria Brown remembers her teacher saying. Brown was a sophomore in high school and had never tried graphic design before. The teacher had never taught it. That freedom helped Brown discover her own style, which has been evolving ever since. Brown is now one of the ...

This week, 17 young American men and women will battle it out under 150,000 watchful eyes in a Thames waterfront conference center in London. It's the Olympics of skilled labor, and the U.S. team will competitively plumb, lay brick, make cabinets, wait tables, style hair, and repair cars against 55 other ...