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Larissa Grinnell is a Master Student at Headlines Academy in Rapid City. She will be graduating in December, 2019, and one day hopes to own her own business. (Photo by Richie Richards)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

RAPID CITY \u2013 A young woman is making a name for herself in the cosmetology and hairstyling industry, and she is still a student.
\nLarissa Grinnell, 25, has been a student at Headlines Academy in Rapid City since Jan., 2019 and is preparing to graduate in December. She has earned Student of the Month in September and is currently a Master Student.
\nGrinnell has had to overcome challenges in her life to be in the healthy place she is in now, this includes becoming sober one year ago. Sobriety is a title she holds close to her heart, as it gives her an opportunity to lead by example.
\nSince the age of 14, she has been cutting hair for her father, family, and friends. She said her father preferred his hair in a military style, like a crew cut, \u2018high and tight\u201d. These early haircuts at home developed her passion to do this professionally. This is why she eventually enrolled at Headlines Academy.
\n\u201cIt took a while to get to this point, to this step to doing it (becoming a student). I mean there\u2019s a lot of things that kind of helped me back then, but once you overcome some obstacles in life you have to live and learn to see what you need to do to get through life,\u201d said Grinnell.
\nThe master student said she battle an alcohol addiction and poverty. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a blessing and a curse at the same time, because I\u2019m breaking the cycle that came from many generations and I\u2019m proud to be a sober Native American and an educated one,\u201d she proclaimed. Grinnell said she cannot be more proud of her parents who are business owners themselves.
\nShe hopes to use her life as an example for others in her family, especially her brothers, she said. The budding cosmetologist understands the challenges youth face in today\u2019s society, challenges that differ from her own childhood. \u201cBeing better requires letting go of a lot of generational curses and overcoming those things. It\u2019s a really good feeling once you do.\u201d
\nThe loss of her maternal grandfather recently caused a minor disruption in her education, but she soon recovered. During this period, she supported her mother and cut off her own hair to follow the Lakota tradition of mourning. This experience gave her encouragement to continue. \u201cI can\u2019t stop because of something bad. I have to keep moving forward because it only shows my true character,\u201d she said.
\nGrinnell said she has only one client during her time at Headlines who was not happy with the final product. The haircut was quickly fixed and the customer left satisfied with her work. \u201cMy best experience here at Headlines has been making my clients happy.\u201d
\nIn the field of cosmetology, returning clients is a benchmark of success. Having a client come back for services is how a student marks their growth. Fridays are the days in which she does mostly requests from clients who have been with her prior. \u201cI have actually two clients that want to follow me after I graduate. They sound pretty genuine about it,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cI became student of the month for the month of September for good grades meaning that I\u2019m meeting goals. My grades and attendance are excellent,\u201d said Grinnell. She does this while working part time in her parents\u2019 business. Her strong work ethic is important as it shows clients she cares.
\n\u201cI completed everything I needed to complete in order to graduate, so I am pretty much here to get my hours and focus on other things. I\u2019m still a master stylist. You have to be good with your time management plus we have a level system that we meet every couple of months and I\u2019ve met those goals each time,\u201d she said. She is enjoying the perks of being a master student, which includes better parking and being able to wear professional attire, which helps her to stand out from other students. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of cool to stand out from the crowd.\u201d
\nAmong her biggest challenges at Headlines so far, has been doing the formulating and understanding the science and chemistry behind hair coloring. \u201cIt\u2019s the chemistry behind hair coloring. It\u2019s tough because you have to learn the different levels, texture and density of peoples\u2019 hair. Everybody\u2019s hair is different so when they want to get to a certain level, you have to be able to find that chemistry and get to that level without damaging their hair. Cause like you can send them home with their hair in a bag and that\u2019s not good. We don\u2019t want to do that,\u201d she said with a student\u2019s smile.
\nWhen it comes to wanting to be a positive influence in other peoples\u2019 lives, Grinnell said, \u201cFind your inner peace to love yourself, because we if you don\u2019t love yourself enough to reach your goals in life, you feel like you\u2019re always going to be in that struggle. That whole idea of \u2018you can\u2019t get out\u2019 I\u2019ve been there. I felt like I couldn\u2019t do anything. I just felt like my life is supposed to be just lower because that\u2019s what I grew up seeing. There\u2019s more to life than that. You have to have that mindset or concept of getting up and getting out to reach your goals regardless of how we grew up and how much money you had. I grew up with nothing. I am proud of my parents because of what they did for us.\u201d
\nLarissa Grinnell has a dream of opening her own shop or salon one day. She has not named this future business just yet, but she also wants a component of her business to be a mobile shop which travels to the reservation to provide hair care and other cosmetology needs. This idea of wanting to give back to the people is what makes her a unique stylist.
\n\u201cThe type of business I want to run is like a mobile shop, so I can get to places where other people can\u2019t get to, like the reservation. And anywhere on the outskirts of town. A lot of my clients that do come in here (Headlines Academy), have trouble getting here because they live so far away. I think it would really be beneficial for a mobile salon to be able to go to those places for them to be able to get their hair done, or whatever their needs they may have,\u201d closed Grinnell.
\nZack Crouch, 29, is a Specialty Instructor and teaches advance student classes for Headlines Academy. He works with students to help them develop relationships with their clients. He said that even with difficult clients, Larissa goes above and beyond what a normal stylist would do to meet their needs. \u201che\u2019s not biased and she\u2019s not judgmental. She really looks at the total service and not the person. She is just amazing at what she does,\u201d said Crouch.
\n\u201cI see her being a very great entrepreneur in the cosmetology field. She can do everything from hair, skin, and nails,\u201d Crouch said. \u201cI think she has the opportunity to open up her own business. She can do whatever she wants. She\u2019s got the skills to basically make whatever career she wants out of this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Larissa Grinnell is a Master Student at Headlines Academy in Rapid City. She will be graduating in December, 2019, and one day hopes to own her own business. (Photo by Richie Richards) RAPID CITY \u2013 A young woman is making a name for herself in the cosmetology and hairstyling industry, <\/p>\n

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