Carmel Kalisky worked in the corporate accounting industry for many years — until 2009, when she was laid off. In that year, Carmel was faced with the challenge of being a single mother without any income. Receiving minimal support from her child’s...

Growing up in a family of five brothers and sisters — I was the sixth child — wasn't as easy as it seemed. At the age of two, I lost my mother to ovarian cancer, and my father was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. By the time I was seven...

If you followed BehindtheChair.com’s RAW hair show competition
in June, you certainly know that the P&G Salon Professional Team ICAN captured First Place. But did you know that there’s a Marinello connection? Yes, indeed: Seaside campus graduate...

My first impression of the Reno campus was exactly how it should have been. I walked in and received a nice welcome from the receptionist, and right there I was comfortable. Then, as I was waiting for an advisor...

As I requested, God inspired me with a vocational and educational aspiration. I was to be a hairdresser. When the idea first occurred to me, it seemed as lofty and ungrounded as any other achievement listed on my resume...

Abby Harrison enrolled at the San Francisco campus and quickly proved to be an exceptional student. “From day one, I knew that Abby would be successful in this industry,” explains Naomi Lucente, Director...

Chelsey Shrum saw one of our television ads, and decided right then to pursue her passion for hair coloring. She began the Cosmetology program at the Napa campus in June 2011 and immediately faced her biggest challenge: commuting...