
My Other Life: Jennia Wassermann, Behavioral Health Office Assistant
Road to Recovery: Brevard, N.C.-based nail tech Jennia Wassermann also works as an office assistant at Brevard’s Meridian Behavioral Health Services.

Road to Recovery: Brevard, N.C.-based nail tech Jennia Wassermann also works as an office assistant at Brevard’s Meridian Behavioral Health Services.

Just 26 years old, nail tech Stella Sampson has been working for a cosmetics company since early 2015, after studying chemical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens for five-and-a-half years.

In Good Voice: Team CND Education Ambassador Heather Davis is lead singer for two Seattle-area bands.

A Passion for the Piano: Paul Dykstra is both a concert pianist and the CEO of Cosmetologists Chicago, International Nail Technicians Association (INTA), and America’s Beauty Show.

Taking Flight: Cyprus-based nail tech Eleni Ioannou has been enjoying life as a flight attendant for the past 23 years.

In Service of a Smile: Carroll, Ohio-based nail tech Jerylyn Curtiss works three days a week managing a dental office.

The Money Maestro: Nail tech and Nail Talk Radio host Braden Jahr also works as an assistant manager at a Michigan bank.

Queen of the Monarchs: Los Angeles-based nail tech Triana Ramirez helps monarch butterflies thrive as their food source grows scarce.

Nail tech Lorri Silvestre started Blue Moon Betties in 2013. This social club brings together women interested in the vintage lifestyle to support a variety of charitable endeavors.

A Fisherman’s Tale: Salon owner Tom Huynh is stepping away from the salon to try his hand at professional bass fishing.

Hail to the Host: Lucknow, India-based nail tech Gunjan Bhugra is also the host of a regional TV show aimed at women.

Recycled Goods: Nail tech Vickie Meador and her husband shop estate sales and second-hand stores looking for items to refurbish and resell.

For Cobb, Calif.-based nail tech Caroline Garcia, creating folded book art is a passion that borders on obsession.

The Calling: Glendora, Calif.-based celebrity manicurist Shirlee Ann Kerr is a poet, lyricist, creative writer, and beauty and fashion columnist.

Over the past five years, nail tech Nellie Neal has established a custom holiday decor business — called Jingle Nells — that warms and brightens clients’ homes during the long Minnesota winters.

Suite Romance: Several nights a week, you’ll find nail tech Steven Hall 20 miles away from his Janesville, Wis., salon in beautiful Lake Geneva, working the evening shift as an innkeeper at the Lazy Cloud Bed & Breakfast.

Nightmare on Singapore Street: Nail tech Sherri Traweek spends her Halloweens performing as a scareactor at a haunted house.