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Hello. My name is Keilar Stevens, and I am passionate
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about making my clients feel good.
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But how did I get here?
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I'm from a small city called in Ohio.
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Growing up here, I am a sister, a niece and
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aunt, a friend.
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Growing up, I played with dolls and style their hair
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and eventually in high school could explore makeup styling, my
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friends, styling family members, creating wigs.
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However, my main career choice was not beauty.
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It wasn't looked at as something that was lucrative, or
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even something that you could be successful at long term.
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However, I took the leap despite the chaos of 2020
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and joined a Beta institute, Maryland.
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I have been able to not only make my clients
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feel good, but also express myself artistically and use the
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creativity that I have inside of me.
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What E.
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I love how a new haircut changes the swagger about
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an individual, and I wanted to make that my life's
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mission. I tapped into confidence this year in the middle
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of it all.
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When I signed up for cosmetology school.
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This had been a passion of mine that I had
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visited on and off for eight years, However, in those
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eight years I wasn't quite sure if I was going
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to be cut out, for the industry has a stylist.
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I enrolled.
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We eventually were in person and we will receive our
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kids and I was going to actualize my dream.
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However, my first day on the salon floor, I sweat
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bullets. I was terrified that day just walking into the
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building and we were on Lee getting our kids.
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I escaped through the hat to the bathroom.
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Halfway through, cried a few tears of fear and joy.
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In that moment, I realized I could accomplish my dream.
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It was happening.
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All I had to do was going with an open
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mind and do it.
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I looked at myself in the mirror.
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I reminded myself that I could do this, wiped my
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tears, straightened out my blouse and took a deep breath.
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I'm so proud of made the first step.
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If I did not tap into confidence in that moment,
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I would have quit all of the years of desire
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ing to break out into the beauty industry and I
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would have thrown it away as a result.
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Thinking it through, I've had the ability to meet phenomenal
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students from different backgrounds is share the same love for
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beauty. Ultimately, in my career, I want my clients to
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feel good.
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I want them to leave my chair, feeling transformed and
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ready to take on the world.
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Pursuing my dream will allow me to help others feel
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their best, no matter what that ISS.
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During my studies, we've learned a holistic approach to client
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care, not only caring for how they look, but also
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how they feel how to check in with their general
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well being.
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And I'll use these skills to inspire a beautiful transformation
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in my client's both inside and out.
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I eventually want to apply these skills to work with
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the elderly and volunteer.
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My service is to less fortunate men and women.
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A new haircut can make someone feel cared for and
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valued. And is my intent to make any client in
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my chair feel empowered?
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Thank you.