>> Anchor: YOU CAN CALL HER
THE THOROUGHLY MODERN
MILLENNIAL.
YOUNG HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FORD
ENGINEER CHANGING THE AUTO
INDUSTRY FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT
BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T DRIVE.
AND IN FACT, HERE SHE IS WALKING
TO WORK.
>> AMAZING.
LOCAL 4 BUSINESS EDITOR ROD
MELONI BRINGS US HER SUCCESS
STORY.
>> Reporter: GET READY TO MEET
AN AUTOMOTIVE ROCK STAR.
FORD RESEARCH ENGINEER, TWO
YEARS ON THE JOB AND
ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN MOST
LIFERS HAVE.
BUT ONE SKILL SET THAT SHE LACK
IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
DOES NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S
LICENSE, AND, NO, SHE DOES NOT
OWN A CAR.
DEARBORN FLAT COMES ALIVE EARLY.
WITH VINYL ON A TURNTABLE.
>> I LOVE THE FEEL.
IT IS JUST SO PURE AND RAW.
>> Reporter: 23-YEAR-OLD
CALIFORNIA BORN TORY SHINE
PREFERS PEANUT BUTTER POWDER ON
BREAD FOR LUNCH.
HER IMMACULATE KEPT HOME, SHOWS
BIKE.
BUT USUALLY SHE WALKS, AT LEAST
STOP.
>> I USUALLY TRACK MY STEPS AND
MY PHONE.
>> Reporter: HER SUNRISE
SILHOUETTE THIS WARM FEBRUARY
MORNING IS NOT A NECESSITY IT IS
A CHOICE.
AND HER SHUTTLE RIDE CARRY OVER
FROM COLLEGE MASS TRANSIT.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED CARS AND
THE IDEA OF DRIVING IS
FASCINATING.
BUT I FOUND HAS MY WAY OF
GETTING AROUND WAS PRETTY
úCONVENIENT FOR ME.
>> Reporter: TO HER CARS ARE
NOT TRANSPORTATION AS MUCH AS
WORKS OF ART.
>> WHEN I WAS LITTLE I SAW ONE
AND SCREAMED OUT THE CAR.
AND SCARED MY MOM HALF TO DEATH.
BUT I JUST POINTED AT THIS CAR.
I WANTED IT.
Reporter: HER MOTHER BOUGHT
ART BOOKS TO TEACH HOW TO DRAW
WELL.
AND AFTER A SMITH COLLEGE
BACHELORS IN ENGINEERING SHE
BROUGHT HER TALENTS TO FORD AS
INTERN WHERE SHE ESTABLISHED
EARLY ON GOOD AUTOMOTIVE
A DRIVERS TEST.
BUT SHE DID SWEAT A FRIGHTENING
ATTEMPT U-TURN IN BROTHERS CAR
YEARS EARLIER THAT GAVE HER AN
IDEA.
>> HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
ALMOST AN ACCIDENT.
IT WAS SCARY FOR ME.
I WANTED A WAY TO KNOW BEFORE A
TURN WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHETHER
OR NOT IT WAS A FEASIBLE TURN S
EARLY ON S SUBMITTED A 15 PAGE
LAWYERS.
IDEAS.
THEY SEPARATED IT.
BECAUSE OF FIVE NOVEL ASPECTS OF
IT.
>> Reporter: SHE FILED MORE
AND MORE INVENTIONS AND NOW
LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF
CLAIMING 15 PATENTS BEFORE AGE
25.
HER FIRST USE THIS IS LITTLE
BUTTON MOCK UP, THAT CONNECTS TO
A PHONE APP TO PREDICT U TURNS.
>> I LOOK AT THINGS FROM
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
I THINK, IT ADDS A LOT OF
UNIQUENESS TO SOME OF THE
SOLUTION THAT IS I COME UP WITH.
THIS IS AN ATTACHMENT.
>> Reporter: FORD WAS NOT
LETTING HER GET AWAY.
CYNTHIA FLANAGAN HER BOSS, SAID
AS IT LOOKS TO MORE FROM CAR
MAKER TO TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
TORY'S LACK OF LICENSE SIMPLY
WORKS AT FORD.
>> EVERYONE LOVES TO WORK WITH
HER.
CREATIVE.
OPEN MINDED.
AND YOU KNOW WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT SHE IS DOING.
>> Reporter: TORY IS NOT
CERTAIN WHAT SHE WANTS TO
ACTUALLY DO IN THE AUTOMOTIVE
NOTHING LOFTY.
MASTERS AND PhD AND MAKE GOOD
ON TWO THINGS THAT SHE LACKS.
DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND THAT NEW
FORD CAR.
IN DEARBORN.
ROD MELONI LOCAL 4.
STAR.
>> Anchor: THE PERSPECTIVE.
YOU CANNOT GET INTO HER MIND
BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TO DRIVE SO
YOU CANNOT ERASE MEMORIES.
>> Anchor: I LIKE SO MUCH
ABOUT THAT STORY.
HER MOTHER FOR SEEING THAT
PASSION EARLY ON AND FEEDING
HER.
GREAT STORY.