"If you're teaching these kids, they can make $1,000 a week, you gotta also have to teach them how to manage it," said Shawanda Parker. Parker owns a braiding salon in west Louisville, and organized ...

Airaina Griffith-Knight flunked school multiple times, but then she found her calling braiding other students' hair. Now she keeps the tradition going by teaching braiding to others. Griffith-Knight ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A summer camp unlike any other, there’s no swimming, hiking or fishing. This camp is all about braiding. Phenomenal Tresses hair salon in Tallahassee hosts the Phenomenal ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- About a dozen teens and pre-teens crowd into a small hair salon, their fingers moving quickly making tight, precise braids. By perfecting each style, the teens are expressing ...

Something told me to keep my braids in a little while longer, but I wanted to try this thing called “letting my hair breathe,” which apparently I don’t do often enough. Little did I know, a pandemic ...

Valentine Stella, a dedicated teacher at Little Lions School in Kibera, transforms young lives by healing trauma and ...

Griffith-Knight’s appreciation for hair braiding began when her single mother who was raising two girls did not always have time to do hair. “When I was younger, my mom used to braid my hair all the ...