Founded by Lorenzo Lewis, the organization is using barbershops and salons to build a culture of mental health for young men and boys of color, and their families.
Southern California-based Barber Betty "Sharp" Hernandez made a major career change, from corporate concerns to creating crewcuts, and says that she appreciates the new found freedom, personal growth and creativity she’s experienced since she started barbering.
He's a popular nobody, a barber and educator who has combined humility with hustle and created a movement. And now he's launching a foundation to give back.
"It’s about texture… and texture doesn’t have a race."
In the days following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the despair being shared by so many also served to propel Rodrick Samuels, a barber, educator, and owner, into action.
Learning empathy, flexibility, and how to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures will prepare the students of the barber and beauty to navigate an increasingly multicultural future.
2021 was a banner year for Nieves Almaraz: He won NAHA’s Men’s Hairstylist of the Year and opened How to Fade Hair Barbering School Inc. We spoke to him to find out about his accomplishments.