Springfield
“Helping people love themselves inside and out.” The hope, the dream, and the vision behind Austin nonprofit, Hairapy. A mobile salon designed to provide therapeutic hair care services to those who have experienced physical, emotional, or mental health hardships. A dream, 5 years in the making, coming soon to the streets of Austin. Founder, Amee’ra…
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My job in the marketing and communications department of the Academy of Hair Design often gives me an, admittedly small, window into the lives of our students. I see finished projects, immaculately finished and framed and posed photographs of happy clients. I see the middle stages, the in-between phase where they are still working to…
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Get to know Stacy Brown Living to serve and empower others one stylist at a time, Alumni Stacy Brown is working tirelessly to share her experiences with freshly graduated stylists. She knew from a young age that this was going to be her career. From braiding her classmates’ hair in elementary school to giving her…
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Get To Know Ashlee At the Academy of Hair Design, we want to celebrate the amazing students who enter our doors. We have some of the best talent and every day we are truly amazed by their stories. You see, we have students from all sorts of backgrounds looking for their next right step, whether…
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When Jerry BeVelle and David and Christie Gonzales started the Academy of Hair Design in 1996, they saw a need for high quality education and preparation for prospective barbers and cosmetologists in Springfield. The business side of cosmetology and barbering was very important to them. They knew from the beginning that pairing business classes with…
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Pull on your bell bottoms, zip up your go-go boots, and break out the Aquanet because the seventies are back! As the 2020s march gleefully on, a 50 year nostalgia cycle is coming right back around. What was old is new again, and people all over the world are discovering the joys of big, bouncy,…
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Get to Know Dante and Brock Bracamontez! Get to Know Dante and Steven “Brock” Bracamontez! We had the privilege of interviewing the dynamic barbering duo Dante and Steven “Brock” Bracamontez. These two are not only brothers but are both Alumni of BeVelle Barber school. In the world of barbering, these brothers are making a name…
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Get to know Alumni Dustin Jones! Alumni Dustin Jones graduated from the Academy of Hair Design in 2019. To say life has been a whirlwind is an understatement. The threat of a global pandemic shutting down the country just as you are jumping into the world of barbering is never something you expect. Did he…
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Get to know Kat Blair! Let’s talk about Kat Blair! Kat graduated from the Academy’s cosmetology program just over a year ago. With all the amazing things she has accomplished, it’s hard to believe it’s only been a year! Right after graduation, Kat moved from Springfield, MO to Houston, TX. Talk about a life change.…
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Our next installment of Academy Legends comes to you from alumni Whitney Wade of CoxHealth Med Spa. Whitney graduated from our esthetics program 4 years ago. She’s spent the last two years in the plastic surgery department CoxHealth. Not only does Whitney get to grow as an aesthetician, but she also uses her keen business…
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