Jen Atkin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Really just wanted to learn about the business of hair.
And so I worked as a manager.
I saw all these amazing creative stylists who, oh my God.
And at the time I got to like feed Bette Midler's meter and like Winona Ryder would come in.
Winnie Murphy would come in.
I met Jessica Alba back then.
And I was like, just a kid knew no one here.
And I was like, if this is all I do, I'm done.
This is amazing.
And I'll go back to Utah and just live with my parents.
And then I realized like so many of these creatives were not super responsible with their money.
That was the time of like, I don't know, LA was just bustling and it was so fun to go out.
And so I honestly, growing up, I never like knew a Jewish person.
I never knew like a black person.
I never knew a gay person.
It's very, very like- Culture shock for you.
Little bubble.
So when I came to LA, I was like, oh my God, I learned so much about just-
people and cultures and art and music.
And like, I really feel like I got to like wake up and was like in my own skin finally.