Jen Atkin

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.