“I realized, by taking the [cosmetology] course, that I can actually do this as a career and actually have a job where I enjoy what I do, instead of just working to get paid and to go home,”

-Jayla Buchanan, a junior in Woodlawn’s Academy of Business and Finance, on learning she could do hair and nails as a profession; The Birmingham Times, May 25

“I realized, by taking the [cosmetology] course, that I can actually do this as a career and actually have a job where I enjoy what I do, instead of just working to get paid and to go home,”

-Jayla Buchanan, a junior in Woodlawn’s Academy of Business and Finance, on learning she could do hair and nails as a profession; The Birmingham Times, May 25