Jen Atkin

But when I think about it, it gave me such strong morals.

Like I really grew up doing volunteer service.

You're constantly working on like yourself and your goals and you're just trying to like put good into the world.

So I do appreciate that part of it.

And I left the church.

I left like a boyfriend I was supposed to get married to, had $300 and a Honda Civic catchback and came to L.A.

with my best friend.

We slept on couches and I worked at a salon just to kind of like I knew I wanted to do something creative.

And I really like in high school would cut my own hair and cut my friend's hair.

And I just didn't even know it could like actually be a career.

But I was like, that's the only thing I really know how to do.

And so I started out as a receptionist, a salon manager.

Weirdly, like Chris McMillan was like a really big deal.

He had done like Jennifer Aniston's haircut.

He was like the household name.

Yeah.

But there were no women for me to really like look up to.

Like Sally Hershberger.

Right.

Had a really big career.