Career info

When I was younger, all I dreamt about was being a fashion stylist or designer. Clothes were and still are, some of my very favourite things!! With a pretty risky move to New York on my mind at the young age of 19 to pursue a career in fashion, I decided to play it safe at that stage of my life and chose my second love, hair styling. As a child of the 80’s and also of European parents who back then in those days just told you to choose a job that was well paid above what you actually loved, moving to another country for school was taboo! I thought of just going anyway, but my only child’s guilt stopped me. Having travelled to New York City six times now and it being my first true love, my goal is still to move there one day, even if it’s just for a month… I will keep you posted on that journey!

After putting my fashion dream on pause, I attended hair school at the age of 21 and started a hair assisting position at a very high end, top salon in Toronto. I was raised in a family of many hair dressers and would do it on the side for fun from the age of 15. Creativity, colours, innovation, making people look and feel beautiful always made me happy and 15 years of being a professional hairstylist has been so fulfilling! The fact that as my profession I was able to pamper people and become great friends with my clients has been such a joy for me! This world is filled with such sadness at times, that to have had a hand in making people feel happy, even for a mere moment, made my professional hair styling career so special! It will always have such a huge spot in my heart!!

As I’ve grown older, I’ve realized that we really can wear so many different hats. I can always do hair. I can always play with fashion. I have been writing since before I could even remember, and I can always do so! Even if the way our journey played out wasn’t exactly as we had planned, it doesn’t mean that our passions can’t be expressed in our day to day lives. I noticed that all things I truly love to do stem from helping people and making them feel good. When we look good through a cute outfit or a good hair day, it makes us feel good. When we read something inspiring, educational or positive it makes us happy. Do what really truly makes you happy, whatever that looks like to you, and don’t forget you can always wear many different types of hats!