THE DREAM:
My dream would be equality. I mean, I feel like that should be everyone’s dream. It’s not. But, just everyone being equal, and no barrier. I guess. I can go longer than that, but we’ll keep the short version. I want to go in, but…
THE STRUGGLE:
My struggle is – I’ll just speak in my industry – I look, I feel, like younger than I am, and a lot of my clients treat me as such. I feel like there’s a respect level that I don’t receive because I am a black woman and because I am young, so I feel like there’s no respect there. But of course once they get to know me it changes a bit, but just that first interaction is a struggle.
WHAT I DO:
I’m an esthetician. I’m in skincare.
WHY I DO:
I love skin. I love the health of the skin, and I love making people feel good.
OPEN MIC:
Don’t touch my hair. That’s like a main one. I just really hate my hair being touched. I do. Especially people who don’t wash their hands, that’s a huge one. It happens more often--
Friend: Do you say no?
Sometimes I say no because men really don’t wash their hands. They can go a full day without washing their hands, and then they want… Your hair’s just cleaned and you have your oil--uh uh.