My Other Life: Courtney Havens, Child Welfare Driver

Portland, Ore.-based nail tech Courtney Havens is an important figure in children’s lives: She drives foster kids to school, appointments, and visits with their biological parents.
Portland, Ore.-based nail tech Courtney Havens is an important figure in children’s lives: She drives foster kids to school, appointments, and visits with their biological parents.
For Morgan, Utah-based nail tech Kim Manore, fishing is a lifelong passion, a way to connect with her family, and even an inspiration for nail designs.
San Francisco-based nail tech G Molina provides sparkle in more ways than one: She complements her nail designs with beautiful handmade jewelry.
Both the beauty salon and the playground are familiar environments for Mary Macnider, a preschool teacher of eight years and salon co-owner.
Temecula, Calif.-based nail tech Knieya Peterson's art is popular at many sizes, from small works of art on nails to the wall murals she paints for local business owners.
Nail tech Melissa Finch is a master of a spiritual healing practice known as reiki. She says her clients notice the difference in her pedicures.
San Antonio-based nail tech Chloe Reed returned to an early passion when she began designing T-shirts.
For nail tech Andrea Storlie, weightlifting has become a way of life. “It’s actually helped me as a manicurist because my back and arms are much stronger than before I started,” she says.
Michelle Ridgway wanted a dollhouse ever since she was a young child, but she never got one as a girl. Now she is building a dollhouse herself from a kit.
Nail tech Karla Carrington has been selling real estate in New York City for eight years, first as an agent, then as an associate broker.
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