“I chose hairdressing because I have always been into fashion since I was younger and as I got older, I went into more of a paperwork and business type of job. Then when I hit my 30s, I was kind of like life’s too short and I’m going to do what I want to do, and that was hairdressing.
From the moment we step into the classroom in the morning, it is prepping us for getting our first job, in the morning we set up our stations. Then we’re learning about sanitizing, disinfecting, keeping everything clean – all the things that you need to know to get your first job because you want to be able to slip into the junior roles in the salon. Then as we move forward, we’re greeting clients and we’re working on real people, real hair, real conditions and the tutors are always around making sure that we’re in line with where we need to be with regulations.
Hairdressing is unique at MIT because I think it’s just a real sense of family here. I think a lot of it comes down to the tutors being so open and friendly. I had a smaller class; I think there were about eight of us. It’s just really nice to know that you’ve got your classmates around you and they all want you to do well. I think it really reflects on our marks. We’ve all done really well this year.”
Emma Renata
MIT student
