I have some news to share!!! After having space to sit and sort and dream (I had the time, 6 months to be exact!) I have decided to make a career change. And while this can be a scarey time to do this, I am also confident it's going to be a positive and inspiring one. After being at diPietro Todd Salon for 14yrs I am making the move to Pony Studios in Oakland!

I have done hair for 25 years now and have only worked in two salons. It’s actually something I’m pretty proud of, and not a lot of hairdressers can say that. I think it’s two fold. 1. I have worked for companies that have place importance on growth, education and the value of their staff and 2. I am a dedicated loyal person, and I invest in where I work.

Vidal Sassoon taught me how to cut hair and gave me the disciple in my craft. I went there with stars in my eyes, eager to learn and just be around the genius of everyone.  I feel like I grew up there, they were my hair parents if you will. diPietro Todd Salon and specifically the owners, I will be forever grateful for. They gave me the freedom to explore and the gift of seeing my value and abilities. They really let me in and treating me like a partner, from designing the cutting program, hiring future staff, to running their social media, all the while still cutting hair. I felt like there was never a dull moment and I was always learning.

With these changing times of COVID and the uncertainty it brought in the last 6 months, I have reexamined my life (like a lot of others I am sure). And while I loved this last season, I have craved a change and have enjoyed being closer to my family. Joining Pony Studios is very exciting!! A beautiful salon, a school and an advanced educational app!! Along with an owner that is super talented and enthusiastic, and a tight community that I can share ideas and continue to grow with. AND it’s in Oakland and 10 minutes from my house!! It’s so perfect I kinda can’t believe it. This next chapter is full of lightness and inspiration I can feel it!!

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One of the best rewards of being a hairdresser is the connection to others. There have been so many times in my life where it has crossed from profession to spiritual gift. Years ago I decided to volunteer in Mexico at an orphanage. On the application it asks you to list your profession, I thought that I shouldn’t even bother, thinking that they probably only want “important" jobs like doctors or dentists.

I couldn’t believe it when I got a call back from the agency, they were excited and told me to bring all my tools. I had such an amazing experience, getting an up close and personal view of the people behind the orphanage. I cut all the little cute kids, and all the workers that had lived there, sacrificing themselves for years to run it.  To be honest I was thinking. “I’m going to have to cut hair a lot faster down there, no one is going to want to sit for an hour like they do at home”  It couldn’t have been farther from the truth. Everyone kept saying, “no one has ever taken this much time on me” they were so happy to be pampered and taken care of. I left there filled with love!

I just got back from vacation in Myanmar with my husband, where I saw these lovely ladies at a temple. I took their picture and showed them, they were all laughing at how each other looked in the pic. They didn’t speak English and seemed so sweet, I wanted to bond with them, so I did the only thing I knew how…hair. 

I just took the one woman’s hair down and starting doing a fishtail braid. It was so fun! All of them were sitting around, totally laughing and loving that I just started doing this, and interested in what was happening. I felt like my heart was going to burst! It was so awesome! Here I was hanging with these women, connected and bonding. I felt so lucky, I wasn’t just a tourist snapping a picture and walking by. They shared their homemade food with me (tealeaf salad! a Burmese tradition), and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. 

This is a long first blog. But I wanted you all to get to know me on the first one. Here’s to life, love and hair!