Fast forward to May 2020, I graduated with my Bachelor's in Physical Education & landed a job at a public school as a traveling Pre-K Physical Education Teacher. Soon after accepting this job, I thought the next step for me would be to get my masters.
Between working towards my masters, a full time teacher & 25 hours behind the chair, I was burnt the f out. During this time in my life I realized I did not want to pursue teaching but it didn't seem that easy to quit after working so hard on my professional life the last 4-6 years.
It wasn't until May of 2022, when my fiancé got a job opportunity in Arizona to make me realize what am I doing?!?
This was the opportunity I needed; to move away from my hometown (which I always wanted) & see if I can really build the career I dreamt of starting from the ground up. No connections, no help. Solely, just seeing if this career was meant for me after running away from it for so many years.
Starting over was what I needed. I was able to learn from past mistakes, build my dream clientele & dream schedule all on my own. I am now extremely proud to be a hairstylist & I am super passionate about what I do. I love my story & how I got here, but this is not it. There is so much more to come.
In 2016, I was 18 years old, a high school & cosmetology graduate, thinking I had my life planned out..
As my friends were going away to college, I was becoming a hairstylist. College was not for me; I was never into partying & I did not like school. However, other people's opinions; friends, classmates, adults, teachers etc. all got in my head about being ‘just’ a hairstylist.
I decided to go to a county college while working behind the chair. I was a business major working towards an Associates in Business, as I thought that could be useful for me to one day open a salon. I soon realized school wasn't too bad, but I was unsure about the business major thing. My boss at the time educated me on the behind the scenes of owning a hair salon and it changed my mind.
A lot of people in my life were teachers & I was big into exercise & nutrition. I then thought, maybe college isn’t too bad. The new plan was to get a Bachelors in Physical Education, become a gym teacher and still work as a hairstylist part time.
