Patrick Ta
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And when I look back of how I was raised, I used to be so ashamed of...
where I came from.
I was ashamed of what my parents did.
Growing up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, all of my friends' parents had these amazing jobs.
And my mom did nails.
She probably did my friend's mom's nails.
And for some reason, I was so ashamed.
And it wasn't until I moved out of
San Diego.
I moved to Arizona, really like just wanting to reinvent my life.
I came out of the closet and at the age of 18, I somehow convinced like my mom and my dad to open up a nail salon for me.
This is something that I was so ashamed of.
Like, why am I choosing to do this?
Because I had no other direction.
I basically ran that business to the ground.
So at the age of 21, I had to file bankruptcy.
And at that point, like I was the biggest disappointment to my parents.
I moved to Los Angeles and I set out this dream to start my career as a makeup artist.
I made sure that I was going to succeed.
This was 14 years ago.