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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Okay, so I was listening to like a couple of
episodes Roger and I have done,and like every episode that we
do, we kind of say that we'renot having a good day.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We are.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And today was like the same thing, but then our day
always, like, becomes a littlebit better when we get our
guests in the lobby.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Like right before the guests gets here.
It's like scratch everything,it's showtime and every single
time we show up as partners onthe episodes.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, it's hard, like you know, being business
partners, it's like it's a lotof work that Roger and I put
into this and then that I bet itis.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I can't even imagine doing what you guys do, because
that's another level.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It's different specialties, right?
Yeah, like she's doing a lot ofthings that I can't do, and
then I'm a part of some otherthings that I'm sure she can do,
but it's just maybe myspecialty, and then, when you
look at it that way, I'm tellingyou hers is more time consuming
.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I know Well seeing you do this.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
That's why I wanted to bring Nancy on is because you
know I was talking to Roger andI was like I keep bringing my
friends on the podcast but Ifeel like for season one, roger
and I, bringing the people thatare close to us just kind of
like tells our story better,gets people to know our circle,
and I just think you're such aninspiring like business woman
(01:23):
here in Austin and it's likeNancy and I went to brunch at
two hands the other day, whichyou know I'm like a regular.
You're obsessed with the podcast.
They're obsessed.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Did you go there for South by?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I was there for South by too, and they were giving
away free lattes and nothing.
I would have had so many, yeah,nothing in life is free anymore
, so that was kind of nice Southby yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's this week, man, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I think it's exciting , too, because our last guest
was someone that you know and Imean we walked in.
We walked in the episode andyou know we walk in with our own
set subset of questioning andways in which we want to take
each episode, and we all walkedaway with a plethora of
information and learn more abouther, and I think it benefited
our audience.
So I'm excited to have you onbecause she's one for one right
(02:10):
now and I think she's going togo two for two for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Oh yeah, it's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Be able to be part of anything with my, my friends,
who are amazing andentrepreneurs, especially like
you.
I've watched you grow and, yes,I told you I was like I always
want to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, and how long have you all known each other?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Nancy and I have known each other for seven years
, that's crazy.
Long time.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I can call her up, and I know that it's always
going to be a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
So those seven years who like.
How did you all meet?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It was through.
I think I had a mutual friend,chastity, yes, okay, yes, and
then we just became really goodfriends from it.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Is Chastity still in the friend group?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yes.
I love her.
She's killing it right now.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
All of our friends really are like doing something
with themselves.
Yeah, doing something well,yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Everybody's blossomed .
Honestly, it's just nice to seeit Like, especially right now,
like I'm realizing like fastforward.
I'm like, wow, where was Ibefore this?
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, and seven years , so to know each other.
Seven years and you hail fromAustin.
That's more or less the placethat you'll identify with.
And then for you, where's home?
Is it here in Austin, or?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Actually, the home is in the country.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Into the country I mean originally.
I'm from Mexico.
Okay, san Luis Potosí.
It's a little town.
My parents we, you know broughtme here at age two.
Okay, two years old.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
This is like the same thing with you from Australia
to Austin.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I think when I was with you and we were at launch
with Jane, you're like.
We have the UN here, literally,and our friends are from all
over the place.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That's crazy yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So beautiful.
We're also different looking,so unique.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
That's very healthy.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah.
So yeah, I grew up in Elginwell, McDade, and then we went
to Elgin population.
We had a very, very lowpopulation but I loved it
because I got close to everyonereally, really fast and, like
I'm still friends with a lot ofmy friends from grade school and
(04:13):
yeah, and I'm like I'm a hugefan of the audience Like, what
is that closer Is?
That closer to Austin San.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Antonio, houston, dallas.
It's closer to Austin.
Okay, Got it yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
About how far.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
About.
I'm probably just like myparents are still like 30, 40
minutes away.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Got it, Depending on traffic.
I'm a contextual guy Like Ineed to paint the picture, Like
I need to fully get it.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I had no idea where that was so.
I'm glad you asked thatquestion.
I'm glad that they were, likeknown for their watermelon
festival.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, what is this?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Oh my God.
So we're known for thewatermelon festival.
It's like I mean, raised onthey on the crop, I guess, but
they were known.
I know it's so embarrassing.
It's funny because I was thewatermelon princess.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh, no, yeah, what does this mean?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
This means that I love watermelon.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah, I mean, we even had a seed spitting contest.
It was funny.
What?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Yes, this is funny.
It's funny, but I feel likeeverybody knew I'm from the
Northeast, so I neverexperienced anything.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I know we just had little festivals and we got to
dress up and it was just soinviting and, like you know,
people got together back in theday.
I feel like we got together,you know, and nowadays it's like
you know, it's not like that,you know, I, I feel like that's
what made me.
I think, growing up, I startedrealizing like this is where
(05:37):
it's at, like this is, this ishome.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
This felt like home.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
It sounds like you had like a really good sense of
community For sure, kind ofgrowing up in like a small town.
Yeah, and I was even kind ofthinking about you because
you're such a big personality tome, like anytime we walk
anywhere, nancy knows everyone,she'll talk to anyone, and I'm
like that's kind of rare.
I feel like coming out of sucha small town.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, I mean, do you feel as if you learn that, being
from the small town or, likeyou, just you enjoy?
That's you to the core.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I put myself in very uncomfortable situations on
purpose growing up.
My mom and my dad put me in acorner and would put me there
and we're like no, we got toprotect you.
You can't do anything, you can'tgo anywhere.
I just felt like in my life Iknew if I was going to blossom,
like I needed to feeluncomfortable and that's what I
(06:32):
did.
I would, you know, join likeFCCLA Future Community Leaders
of America.
I was joining anything that'sgoing to like make me a better
person growing up.
So I think that has to do a lotwith that With a little bit of
that personality.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And then, how many siblings do you have?
I have four.
Okay, so four.
And where do you stand in themix of four?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I didn't even know you had four.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, sorry, sorry, it's four of us.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
It's four with you Gosh Four of us, two brothers,
one sister.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Okay, I'm the baby, okay, so, yeah, so I'm a father
brother and he's he's blind.
I was talking to you about it,sandra.
So I feel like, looking at that, I have been able to evaluate
my life a little bit different,because I had to grow up fast.
(07:22):
My mom would be like you seehow privileged you are.
You know, I would every day wakeup and see him struggling, and
things that not everyone in adaily life has to do, Like Ken,
Like things that I'm I know thatnow I'm doing for them, like
I'm helping them, you know.
But yeah, having a family withsomeone with a disability is
(07:45):
something that not everyone canunderstand, you know.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
So and I feel like you hold that really close to
your heart and like to yourchest, because thank you for
sharing.
Yeah, I really am proud of youfor being vulnerable and sharing
it on the podcast, because I'vebeen friends with her for like
seven years and she only like,really like I feel like you.
You don't mention it all thetime, no, like you don't use it
as like a part of your identity,that's the right way.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, you know, like that's healthy.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
You don't talk about like the hardships that you've
been through with your family.
With that, like, I mean yourmom having four kids and one of
them having a disability.
I can't even imagine as aparent.
That's a lot.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And you being the youngest, it's like did that
force you to be the rock?
Or like, where do you stand inthe dynamic?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So I remember when I was what maybe like 10, my mom
took me to the school for theblind, which was here in Austin.
It's huge, right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yes, I'll give you a funny part to what you just said
.
Yeah, to like appropriatelyinterrupt you, I lived next.
Like the next street over fromwhere I was raised was a deaf
and blind street.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
So it's a different experience, right, so please
keep going.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
No, no, no, yeah, honestly, like I remember my mom
taking me to the school and,you know, forcing me to go say
hi to everybody, like I mean,I've met people with
disabilities, people would youcan think of anything you can
think of like it was there, likeI was like had to put myself in
a comfortable situation where Ifelt I felt like even like I
(09:21):
would cry, and I was like, no,just go say hi there, normal.
And I'm like, but mom, like youknow, I, I don't know, like I
don't know it's as a little girl, you just don't you feel bad,
but they weren't doing thingsthat you couldn't do, like I
know, like I would, I would bewalking normal and they would
have like a cane or something.
And I just feel like I learnedto have a lot of empathy, good
(09:43):
Empathy and love and, you know,patience for someone with a
disability.
And so as I got older, you knowthat came in between with what
I'm doing, with my career.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
We need to call you before every episode, and if
we're ever at disagreement, weneed this empathy button.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
No, she's really good , she really is yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I you know I am very empathetic in people and like I
think that's helps me be in youknow in my career.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
And your career.
For me, I mean, please.
I feel like y'all havedefinitely a greater
understanding, but, like, tellme all the things you do right,
like being an entrepreneur inyour own like.
I have my own understanding,but it sounds like I may be
missing out some pieces there.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
No, so entrepreneur, like what I've been doing.
I'm a hairstylist, of course,here in Austin Texas.
My business name is NoticeableImpressions.
I've been doing hair out ofhigh school at age 18.
When I graduated, I wentstraight to beauty school.
I also got my laser hairremoval certification and
(10:51):
whatnot, but hair was always mything.
So I've been doing hair for along time, but it has been, you
know, rocky.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Yeah, up and down.
That's why, like I wanted toget her on too is because I know
she's a boss, but I've seen hercareer shift so much over the
last seven years.
For sure she's been crazy and Ifeel like she's really at a
high right now in her career.
Congrats.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, thank God.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
So I was like I've got to get her on, you know.
And then even like you're, Iknow Good watch is hot, yeah.
And then the other thing I wasgoing to ask you too, is like
are your parents still together?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yes, they're together Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
They love each other so much.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I love them so much.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Because I feel like that would be difficult in a
marriage too right, Like I can'tImagine having a child with a
disability and then trying toyeah.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, I mean it's like even you, connected to
everything you said You'rehaving siblings and going
through a divorce.
That's tough in its own self.
But then even you being abusiness owner, how do you cater
to family members?
That was the hard thing.
I was putting my Holidayholidays and your business.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I was doing everything.
If you ask my past employers, Iwas here and there and putting
my hands in everything Likecookie jar.
I knew I was like Nancy focuson one thing.
I wanted less noise in thebackground.
I find that, suffering withADHD, I felt like I had to put
(12:26):
my pants on big girl pants onand say, look, I need to
concentrate on one thing andhave less noise and just take it
one day at, you know, one stepat a time.
And that's what I've been doingand I think that I can see
progress, especially recently,Like I've been seeing a lot of
progress in my life.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
She has like clients, like flying her to, like where
they are now, basically likethat's how in demand she's
become for what she's doing inhair.
Like she'll be like in Miami,she'll be in Austin.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
Can you braid hair Don't braid hair.
I need to get mine braided, no.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
I do just sew in hair extensions.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
I'll take a sew in.
Let me get a sew in.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
You know what I actually wanted?
To take a class just to take.
I love taking classes just tolearn, but like, yeah, I love it
, but yeah, no, I've been doingextensions for three, about
almost three years, yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
So you're I mean one.
You have a dynamic setup withinyour family background, but
with your business it soundslike you have multiple different
ways in which you can activateincome.
Would you say that's probablylike your final passion?
Is it just hair?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, I mean hair.
Helping others.
Yes, I mean right now.
That's where I'm concentrating.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Me.
I'll just wait, I can turn intoit.
It's okay, I'll just let itstop.
I'm going to stop this and thenI'll restart it, okay, so I was
listening to like a couple ofepisodes Roger and I have done,
and like every episode that wedo, we kind of say that we're
not having a good day.
We are, and today was like thesame thing, but then our day
(14:14):
always like becomes a little bitbetter when we get our guests
in the lobby.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Like right before the guests gets here.
It's like scratch everything,it's showtime and every single
time we show up as partners onthe episodes.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Yeah, it's hard, Like you know, being business
partners, it's like it's a lotof work that Roger and I put
into this and then that's.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I bet it is.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I can't even imagine doing what you guys do, because
that's another level of it'sdifferent specialties, right
Like she's doing a lot of thingsthat I can't do.
And then I'm a part of someother things that I'm sure she
can do, but it's just maybe myspecialty and then, when you
look at it that way, I'm tellingyou hers is more time consuming
.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
I know Well seeing you do this.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
That's why I wanted to bring Nancy on.
It's because you know I wastalking to Roger and I was like
I keep bringing my friends onthe podcast but I feel like for
season one, roger and I,bringing the people that are
close to us just kind of liketells our story better, gets
people to know our circle, and Ijust think you're such an
inspiring like business womanhere in Austin and it's like
(15:21):
Nancy and I went to brunch attwo hands the other day, which
you know I'm like a regular.
You're obsessed with yourfriends.
They're obsessed.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Did you go there for South by?
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I was there for South by too, and they were giving
away free lattes and nothing.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
I would have had so many.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Yeah, nothing in life is free anymore, so that was
kind of nice.
South by yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
That's this week, man , I think it's exciting too,
because our last guest wassomeone that you know and I mean
we walked in that episode andyou know we walk in with our own
set subset of questioning andways in which we want to take
each episode, and we all walkedaway with a plethora of
information and learn more abouther, and I think it benefited
our audience.
(16:02):
So I'm excited to have you on,because she's one for one right
now and I think she's going togo two for two for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Oh yeah, it's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
I think it's going to be part of anything with my
friends, who are amazing andentrepreneurs, especially like
you.
I've watched you grow and, yes,I told you I was like I always
want to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
And how long have you all known each other?
And you may want to move themic a little bit closer.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
We're going to talk a little louder too.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I've known Cassandra for about what.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
No, you want to put the mic down this bottom.
No, because I just don't wantyour clips.
Sorry, I can cut all this, Ijust don't want your clips to be
good for you.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
She did this to me.
Episode one it just.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Like you're literally you're going to get yourself to
a point where Okay, because yousee on the camera how her mic's
in her face a lot.
I don't want that yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
And should I put a pillow right here?
Do you have a pillow?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
No.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Okay, because I'm short, because I'm short, yeah,
because I'm short, and it's likeoverpowering Clips, yeah, but
anyways, anyways, yeah, no, it'sfunny, nancy and I have known
each other for seven years.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I can call her up, and I know that it's always
going to be a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
So those seven years who like how did y'all meet?
Speaker 1 (17:19):
It was through, I think, our mutual friend
Chastity.
Yes, okay, yes, and then wejust became really good friends
from it.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Is Chastity still in the friend group?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Yes, I love her.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Yes, she's killing it right now.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
All of our friends really are like doing something
with themselves.
Yeah, doing something well,yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Everybody's Love it.
I see it Like, especially rightnow, like I'm realizing, like
fast forward.
I'm like, wow, where was Ibefore this?
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Yeah, and seven years , so to know each other.
Seven years and you hail fromAustin.
That's more or less the placethat you identify with.
And then for you, where's home?
Is it here in Austin, or?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Actually, the home is in the country.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Into the country I mean originally.
I'm from Mexico.
Okay, san Luis Potosí.
It's a little town.
My parents we, you know broughtme here at age two.
Okay, two years old.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
This is like the same thing with you from Australia
to Austin.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
I think when I was with you and we were at lunch
with Jane you're like we havethe UN here.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Literally.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
All of our girlfriends are from all over
the place.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
That's crazy yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
So beautiful.
We're also different looking,so unique.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
That's very healthy.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
So, yeah, I grew up in Elgin Well, McDade, and then
we went to Elgin population.
We had a very, very lowpopulation but I loved it
because I got close to everyonereally, really fast and, like
I'm still friends with a lot ofmy friends from grade school and
yeah, and then for the audience, like what is that closer?
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Is that closer to Austin, San Antonio, Houston,
Dallas?
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's closer to Austin .
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Okay, got it.
Yeah About how far.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
About.
I'm probably just like myparents, are still like 30, 40
minutes away, got it, so yeah,traffic.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
I'm a contextual guy, like I need to paint the
picture, like I need to fullyget it.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I had no idea where that was so.
I'm glad you asked thatquestion and then Nancy told me
at brunch the other day thatthey were, like, known for their
watermelon festival.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Oh yeah, what is this ?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Oh my God.
So we're known for thewatermelon festival.
It's like I mean raised on theyon the in the crops I guess.
But they were known.
I know it's so embarrassing.
It's funny because I was thewatermelon princess.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Oh, no, yeah, what does this mean?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
This means that I I love watermelon.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, I mean, we even had a seed spitting contest.
It was funny what.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Yes, this is funny.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
It's funny, but I feel like everybody.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
I'm from the Northeast, so I never
experienced anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I know we just had little festivals and we got to
dress up and it was just soinviting and, like you know,
people got together.
Back in the day.
I feel like we got together,you know, and nowadays it's like
you know, it's not like that.
I feel like that's what made me.
I think, growing up, I startedrealizing like this is where
it's at, like this is, this ishome.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
This felt like home.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Sounds like you had like a really good sense of
community For sure, kind ofgrowing up in like a small town.
Yeah, and I was even kind ofthinking about you because
you're such a big personality tome, like anytime we walk
anywhere, nancy knows everyone,she'll talk to anyone, and I'm
like that's kind of rare.
I feel like coming out of sucha small town.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Yeah, I mean, do you feel as if you learn that, being
from the small town or, likeyou, just you enjoy?
That's you to the core.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
I put myself in very uncomfortable situations on
purpose.
Got it Growing up, my mom andmy dad put me in a corner and
would put me there and we'relike, no, we got to protect you
you can't do anything, you can'tgo anywhere.
I just felt like in my life Iknew if I was going to blossom,
like I needed to feeluncomfortable and that's what I
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did.
I would, you know, join likeFCCLA Future Community Leaders
of America.
I was joining anything that'sgoing to like make me a better
person growing up.
So I Think that has to do a lotwith a little bit that
personality.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
And then, how many siblings do you have?
I have four.
Okay, so four.
And where do you stand in themix of four?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I didn't even know you had four.
I mean sorry, sorry, it's fourof us.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
It's four, oh my gosh .
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Four of us, two brothers, one sister.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
I'm the baby okay so, yeah, I mean, I have a brother,
older brother, and he's he'sblind.
I was talking to you about it,sandra.
So I feel like, looking at that, I have been able to evaluate
my life a little bit differentbecause I had to grow up fast.
(21:59):
My mom would be like you see howprivileged you are, you know I
would every day wake up and seehim struggling and things that
Not everyone in a daily life hasto do like can, like, yeah,
things that I'm I know that nowI'm doing for them, like I'm
helping them, you know.
But, yeah, having a family withsomeone with a disability is
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something that not everyone canunderstand, you know.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
So and I feel like you hold that really close to
your heart and like to yourchest, because thank you for
sharing.
Yeah, I really am proud of youfor being vulnerable and sharing
it on the podcast, because I'vebeen friends with her for like
seven years and she only like,really like I feel like you.
You don't mention it all thetime now, like you don't use it
as like a part of your identity.
(22:47):
That's the right way, you know,like that's healthy you don't
talk about like the hardshipsthat you've been through with
your family.
With that, like, I mean yourmom having four kids and one of
them having a disability.
I can't even imagine as aparent.
That's a lot.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
And you being the youngest, it's like did that
force you to be the rock?
Or like, where do you stand inthe dynamic?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
so I remember, when I was what might be like 10, my
mom took me to the school of thefor the blind, which was here
is here in Austin.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
It's a huge.
It's huge, right?
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
I'll give you a funny part to what you just said.
Yeah, like appropriatelyinterrupt you.
I live next, like the nextstreet over from where I was
raised really was a Deaf andblind street.
Yeah, yeah, so yeah, it's adifferent experience, right, so
please keep going.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
No, no, no.
I honestly, like I remember mymom taking me to the school and,
you know, forcing me to go sayhi to everybody.
Like I mean, I've met peoplewith disabilities, people would
you can think of anything youcan think of like it was there,
like I was like had to putmyself in a comfortable
situation where I felt I feltlike even like I would cry.
(23:58):
I'm almost like no, just go sayhi there, no more, and I'm like
come on.
Like you know, I, I don't know,like I don't know it's as a
little girl, you just don't youfeel bad, but they weren't doing
things that you couldn't dolike I know, like I would, I
would be walking normal and theywould have like a cane or
something.
And I just feel like I learnedto have a lot of empathy, good
(24:20):
empathy and love, and you knowpatience for someone with a
disability.
And so as I got older, you knowthat came in between with what
I do with my career.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
We need to call you before every episode and
wherever I had disagreement, weneed this empathy button.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I, you know I am very empathetic and people and like
I think that's helps me.
Yeah, be in, you know, in mycareer.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
And your career.
For me, I mean, please.
I feel like y'all havedefinitely a greater
understanding, but, like, tellme all the things you do right,
like being an entrepreneur inyour own like.
I have my own Understanding,but it sounds like I may be
Missing out some pieces there.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No, so Entrepreneur, like what I've been doing.
I'm a hairstylist, of course,here in Austin, texas.
My business name is noticeableimpressions.
I've been doing hair out ofhigh school.
At age 18, when I graduated, Iwent straight to beauty school.
Okay, I also got my laser hairremoval Certification and
(25:28):
whatnot, but hair was always mything.
So I've been doing hair for along time, but it has been, you
know, rocky.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
That's why, like I wanted to get her on too is
because I know she's a boss, butI've seen her career shift so
much over the last seven yearsI'm crazy, and I feel like she's
really at a high right now inher career.
Congrats.
Thank God, I was like we've gotto get her on, you know.
And then even like I, know,yeah, and then the other thing I
(26:01):
was gonna ask you too is likeare your parents still together?
Yes, okay.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Okay they love each other.
Yeah, I love them so much, cuz.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I feel like that would be difficult in a marriage
to write like I can't Imaginelike having a child with a
disability and then trying toyeah yeah, I mean it's like even
you, connected to everythingyou said, like you're having
siblings and going through adivorce.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
That's tough in its own self.
But then even you, being abusiness owner, like how do you
Cater to family members?
Speaker 2 (26:34):
That was the holiday holiday and your business I was
doing everything like, if youasked, like my past employers, I
was here and there and like,yeah, you know, putting my hands
and everything like like cookie, you know.
But I knew I was like Nancy,focus on one thing, mm-hmm.
And you know I, I wanted less,no noise in the background and I
(26:56):
I find that, suffering withADHD, I felt like I had to put
my pants on big girl pants onand say, look, I need to
concentrate on one thing andhave less noise and just Take it
one day at you know, one stepat a time.
And that's what I've been doingand I think that I can see
(27:19):
progress, especially recently,like I've been seeing a lot of
progress in my life.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
She has like clients, like flying her to, like where
they are now, basically likethat's how in demand she's
become for what she's doing inhair.
Like she'll be like in Miami,she'll be in Austin.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Can you braid hair?
Don't braid, I need to get minebraided, no.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
I do just so hair extensions.
You know what I actually wantedto take a class just to take.
I love taking classes just tolearn.
But, like, yeah, I love it.
Um, but yeah, no, I've beendoing extensions for three,
about almost three years, yeahso it sounds like you're I mean
(28:02):
one.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You have a Dynamic setup within your, your family
background.
Yes, but with your business itsounds like you have multiple
different ways in which you canactivate income.
Yes, would you say, that'sprobably like your final, like
passion.
Is it just hair?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean hair.
Helping others.
Yes, I mean right now.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
That's where I'm concentrating because I know
you're like passionate abouthelping people and I feel like
that's what hair does, whichthis is gonna crack Roger up,
but he probably doesn't know,like, how beautiful Extensions
can make a woman fill 100%, justfor calm, no idea.
Yeah, even when I first met you, I had like a fool.
Like I had a sense.
You may not even know this no.
(28:43):
But it was right after I hadgone through my breakup and I
put extensions in and it made mefeel like a new woman and I was
talking to you about this andyou have so many clients that I
think you've been tell me likecry after they get their
extensions put in.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah Well, just like emotionally happy like you're
just so happy you're at a high,you you walk into a room with,
you know, not that muchconfidence, because you saw, so
much hair postpartum, so manythings, obstacles, and you leave
with a whole set of hair likeand color.
You know I do it all, so it'sit's so rewarding.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
I'm sure I don't express but.
And and it's like watchingthose people walk in feeling one
way and walk out feeling andlooking another way.
Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
I would leave there, like leave every day, especially
not every day, but usually Ileave the salon.
I'm just at a high like I feellike.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
I serve my purpose.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Yeah, that's I've made someone feel better about
themselves and you know, there'stimes when my hair wasn't done
and all correct, but I I knewthat I'm selfless with my love,
so I felt like giving in, givingit to them.
It was just like Purposeful.
It wasn't all about, you know,like all the outer, you know,
like money and all that to me,like it wasn't that it was, it
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was more, you know.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Well now, I mean, you bring up things about making
somebody feel good and I kind ofwant to get to the juicy stuff.
I like what?
What do you think kind of gotyou to fall in love with the
side of just like feeling good?
Beauty, self-care, is it?
I mean, you got to tell me, isthere like a climatic moment
that had you kind of fall inlove with this at 18?
(30:28):
Something?
Speaker 2 (30:29):
oh yeah, I mean I was listening to Selena Quintanilla
, okay you know, which so long.
That was it Yolanda Saldivar's,like I just heard.
I was just telling my yeahthey're about to let her out and
I'm like please, like I grew upwith cassette player, like the
cassettes, yeah, dad would belike we got you a new cassette
and I'm like, what is it?
And it was Selena Quintanilla.
(30:50):
And I just remember feelinglike this is my girl, like I
want to be like her.
Oh, like in that I'm not likeher, but like I wanted to feel
like she's beautiful, she hadthe glam she just had everything
like where she just had a bigheart.
You could just tell Like Ilooked up to her.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Growing up, but I know a lot of girls did too.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
And you know, and her music was amazing and just now
that I look back at it, I'm likeyou know that has to do.
You know, when you're asking meall that, like that's how I
feel, like I looked up to a lotof people growing up with music.
Music was a big part of it.
So papras too, but you know theSpanish soap opera.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Yeah, I love them.
They're so good yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, but you know my mom, you know she would always
put it on for me and you knowall the fashion shows growing up
and seeing all that I startedsticking to me Growing up I'm
like it's the fun day.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
We get some of your family dynamic to be understood.
A little bit about yourbusiness.
I gotta understand more aboutyou, though.
Right, like we talked aboutSelena and that being a
motivating factor, I mean lovelife like what's going on.
It seems like you're on a high.
We're getting you while you'rehot.
You know what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I feel like we have to talk about Beep, that one at
Beep his name.
Oh, there's one, there's one,no no, no, because this was at
like the height of Nancy and I'sfriendship.
Yeah, I'm trying and it'sprobably like a reoccurring
theme in our friendship andsomething we talk about on the
podcast is like cheating, andwhether you get cheated on, you
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know you want extensions to makeyourself feel better or it's a
catalyst for making your careerlike go to the next level.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Honestly yeah you're right, because I went through a
lot.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Yeah, because we talked about level up.
I'm like Nancy did a level up.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
I think that really helped me, that breakup that I
went through.
I was in a seven yearrelationship.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Yeah, seven year relationship which I you know
respected and you know valued.
But, yeah, I had to really wakeme up because I mean, within
all that, I was always likechallenged in putting myself in.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
In places where I just knew like I can grow, but I
knew that that person wasn'tgood for me and God did not want
him to be in my life.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Yeah, I feel like seven years, like I don't, I
would never do this now.
Wait seven years for like anengagement ring or like
something to happen.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
You'd be surprised, I mean, when you're in that
moment I had dated somebody witha similar timeline and I'm
telling you like time just go by, Like you don't really realize,
until you're like whoa, likewe're wasting time here.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
But it's like you say something.
There too we're cheating.
It's like cheating Some peopledo it, some people don't, and
some people never will rightLike it sounds like you
repurposed that experience withcheating to benefit you.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Which kudos to you and whichever side cheated or
didn't.
I mean, I don't know, and Idon't know if you want to share,
but it sounds like you reallyfound a way to help mold you to
the next level.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Yeah, you have to tell them how you guys met too,
yeah like I.
Because I know this, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
I'm trying to pull the juicy stuff, but oh well,
let's put it this way I don'twant to pull too hard.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
When I met my ex he was, you know, it was like he
was a wakeboarder.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
And he also was in cells.
So when I was working at one ofthe spas at that time, he
walked in trying to sell me aprinter.
Did this, crack you up, sell mea printer?
And he forced himself on me,put his card and was like here,
like, I want you to call me Like.
And I was like.
I refused, I think I let him beon Facebook, but that's it Back
(34:49):
then, you know.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
But no, we ended up yeah After that we're
inseparable.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Did he slide in the DMs?
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Yeah he did, he did, he did, but he poke you since it
was Facebook.
No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
That's funny.
That's actually that's how myseven year started.
My seven year started by uspoking each other.
Oh yeah, that was so.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Okay, creepy people.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
That's crazy.
No no, no, no I don't know, itwas like a game, it was fun.
Yeah, no no, she poked me.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Dude, like I'm telling you, like I look back at
that relationship and I realizehow much I've grown from that.
But no, I have totally respectfor him and you know he's happy
on his own, but you know we hada hard come up.
I mean, he did do somedisrespectful things, you know.
And I think that now that I lookback at him I'm like I would
(35:40):
have never the new Nancy wouldnever had put up with that.
But you know when you are, youknow in your family, you know
like my parents.
They kind of raised me to workhard, like yeah.
Towards a relationship, don'tgive up.
And so you know he had given mea promise ring.
I felt like, comfortable withhim, and you know I was the girl
(36:02):
that would stay home, washclothes and cook clean, go to
work, and that was it.
And you know that wasn't thecase.
You know, with him, you know Ifelt like he wanted more, he
wanted to go, venture out, andyou know we took a break and
then we got back and still therewas infidelity, me walking in.
(36:27):
You know I have to give mystory, which now I don't care
Like I can talk about it.
I love about it.
I've told my clients about itand I really don't.
I wish them the best.
But, like now, I want girls torealize like, if you are in a
situation like this, like walkaway, like there's light.
(36:48):
There is so much light at theend of the tunnel, but you have
to have faith within yourself,for sure.
Like I don't need a person forvalidation.
I really don't.
I just need to love myself, andthe biggest part of this whole
thing has been, you know,growing, loving and nurturing my
soul, and it's been the bestthing that has happened to me.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
I mean you say something there too, where
you're like there's a light atthe end of the tunnel and I
think it's like cheating happenson both sides, right?
Like women can cheat on men,men can cheat on women, and
whatever the relationshipdynamic is, Like men to men,
women to women I don't want tospeak or generalize or say it
incorrectly, but it always itcan happen in any way, right,
Exactly.
So, knowing that to be, it'slike it stems from somewhere and
(37:37):
it sounds like you have theability to say you can respect
him.
Yeah, it sounds like he workedthrough that.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Yeah, I mean we did, we got past it for a little bit,
but you know I couldn't be witha person.
Once you cheat, and this iswhat I told a lot of guys like
once you cheat, that trust isgone and I can't see you the
same way, like I will never, Iwill never, and I find that
people like surpass it.
You know, but it's not the same.
(38:08):
It really isn't, and that'syour choice.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
You have every right to choose that right Like and
that's good that you know thatabout yourself too.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
Yeah, like right being a relationship if you
don't want to be in it.
Like why I'm single for threeyears is because of that.
Because, I don't need thatfeeling If I want to go to Miami
tomorrow.
I can go and there is no, noone holding me back.
Like I love that.
But it's not all about going toMiami, it's not all about that.
(38:37):
Like it's about going forpurpose.
Like for me, I go, I work, Icome back, that's it.
But if I had a guy, with allrespect, he'd be coming with me.
Right you know, Like if I had aman like and we're together and
I'm talking I'm gonna respecthim and I'm gonna be like okay,
I'm not gonna go to Miamianymore, Chill, or you can come
(38:58):
with me and we can make thiswork, yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Yeah Well, I feel like being cheated on can really
affect your sense of like worth.
Like self worth and you'reclearly in like a very healed,
you know, head space.
But do you feel like after thathappened, like did you have
like a moment where you likefelt really lost or low or oh
yeah, 100%, and what did thatlook like for you, Like your
(39:24):
healing journey?
Just getting to where?
Because the woman you are nowis so inspiring and I've watched
you work really hard to becomeher, so I just you know, I'm
interested to hear what yourkind of healing journey looked
like.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Oh, I mean a lot of mental therapy, like I did a lot
of.
I listened to a lot of podcasts.
One of them I love is Mindfulin Minutes After work.
All the time I put it on andyou know I put my candles on and
whatnot, but I feel like thatreally.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Like a mood setter.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
A mood setter, I set the mood you know, I'm a very
spiritual person and I believethat healing, self healing and
self worth is everything to me.
And so right now that doing themeditations, you know also
music has healed me a lot too.
I love music, I love DJs, goingto, you know, see different
(40:23):
shows, but music is veryspiritual to me, like it's
healed me and my, it's healed mysoul and like knowing, and my
friends, my family, like all you, everyone has been there,
everybody that has been therefor me.
I I appreciate every, everysingle one of them.
Speaker 3 (40:39):
Is there one song?
They know who they are.
Is there like one song that gotyou through?
Speaker 2 (40:42):
No.
Speaker 3 (40:43):
I don't.
I mean, I feel like music.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
No, not no, no, no, there is.
There's some songs that Ireally like, but I feel like for
me it's more so like it's likeGod's listening and he puts
people in your life and like Ijust remember walking into
places and like this was not acoincidence.
Like this person just randomlyhugged me Like like I don't know
(41:05):
, it's like I just felt hispresence and I just knew that
you know being close to God andhas helped me.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Yeah, that's awesome.
You're big into likemanifesting too, right Cause,
like I think you said something,cause Roger and I are both huge
into it.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
It's a.
Thing.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I would literally close my eyes places and I, if I
felt something, I would justfeel it, and I would just
embrace it.
And then I would come back andlike I'll have to tell you about
a story about me on a yacht.
Like I manifested going to likeMiami on New Years and at that
(41:45):
time I had my deed was expired,so and you know you couldn't go
on a plane and all that.
But I manifested it and I goton that on a private jet.
My friend, she like messaged meand she's like hey, you need to
come and I'm like I can't, myID's expired.
I said, but I manifested it andI want this.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
I want to go.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
I even told my clients and they were like, well
, you're not going because youridea.
I was like I know, but I got acall later and she's like dude,
you don't need your ID, justcome.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
Someway, someway.
Speaker 2 (42:17):
And I went and I remember that feeling.
I was like this is crazy.
I've been manifesting this inNew Years and my mom couldn't
believe it.
So I had to call her and she'slike she was like this is crazy,
like the things that you putyourself in.
But yeah, like there's thingsthat I feel like I've manifested
in my life that, and I think,especially my business you know
(42:39):
that I'm thankful for and it'samazing.
Speaker 3 (42:42):
Well, do you talk about like working on your
mental health right, and youtalk about how important it is
to you.
Do you feel like your trustbeing messed with in your love
life ever affected your trust inbusiness?
Speaker 2 (42:58):
Yes, a little bit, I feel like.
Speaker 3 (43:01):
Because there's a bridge there, right.
Speaker 2 (43:02):
Yes, I feel like some times with him.
I get people.
You know, the people that youlove, the people that you think
you love you most.
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Are the ones that hurt you.
Speaker 3 (43:12):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
Are the ones that hurt you, and knowing that I
could be hurt by someone that Ilove, tested everything.
But when I look at my mom andmy family, like they're my like
core and like.
I just looked past that and I'mlike you know what.
(43:35):
I gotta pay attention to thepeople that are there for me,
that are amazing, and someonethat's gonna be look at me like
100%, not put 20% in my life.
I don't need that.
I don't need a half-assedperson in my life.
(43:57):
I knew in business as well.
If you're not gonna give me 50or I'm not 50, 100% I'm not
gonna be a part of it.
I rather not.
I've been through so much thatand just like everybody in my
work ethic, like I've paid mydues and I just ask for a little
(44:19):
bit of respect.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
I mean, I feel like I've watched it too, as Nancy's
career has kind of progressedand I've watched her receive
more and more.
I feel like the vultures havekind of been out after you, or
it's just because you're such alight.
I feel like everyone wants tobe around you and sees you being
successful.
I've really watched people.
I feel like try to take thingsfrom Nancy.
Speaker 3 (44:42):
You gotta be careful, it's weird.
I've had it happen, especiallywhen I'm selling you right now.
Speaker 2 (44:48):
You know, it's like people think that they own you,
even in like relationships theyown you.
I'm gonna put her here and I'mgonna stick her in this little
box, but I'm not gonna let herout until I say and then it's
just necessarily, it could be inanything, in relationships and
whatnot but, I just knew I don'twanna be in that box and I
(45:11):
refuse to do it.
And after a while you get to apoint where you're like no like,
why Like?
Why me Like?
Why do I have to sacrifice mylife and my dreams for what Like
?
At what cost?
So I took it upon myself to,you know, look at life
differently and, you know, gofor my dreams and yeah, Do you
(45:36):
feel like we ask everyone this?
Speaker 1 (45:38):
but I mean you're kind of in the Austin scene.
You have a lot of clients whoare in the scene.
You know a lot of people inAustin.
Do you ever hear like any likemisconceptions about yourself,
like good or bad?
Speaker 3 (45:51):
Because I mean yes and no Very good misconceptions,
for sure I learned that fromMatthew, who was on here.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
He was like there's good ones and I think oh, no,
I've heard good things, I'veheard negative and honestly I
don't care Like.
Speaker 3 (46:05):
I hear you.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
I don't care, I really don't, yeah, because if I
did I wouldn't be where I wasat, I would have let those
things attack.
But I feel like sometimes youjust gotta, like, you know, let
it disperse, it's all the noise.
I just brush it off, you know,and try again, Like I just keep
going and I don't look back atthe negative.
(46:27):
I don't anyone that saysanything negative about me, like
I'm like okay, you know,because I have a lot of love to
give and I know who I am and Iknow my worth and I know what I
feel for people like, especiallypeople that didn't mind share,
like I care about everyone and Ihave a big heart, like I said,
like I come from a family likedidn't raise me to be
(46:48):
disrespectful to someone orwhatnot.
But you know, if you disrespectme, I will.
I will say something, you knowI'm not gonna just sit around
and let people like bully me,and I think that's the thing is
like I feel like a lot of peoplelike would see me, like oh,
little Nancy this and littleNancy that, and it's like, yeah,
like I'm not little, I have aheart.
(47:09):
I do believe, just like you andlike you know, together we can
like expand, like all of us,like we can all grow.
Speaker 3 (47:18):
But silence is power when you have receipts.
Silence is power when you havereally a great sense of
community, when you have familybacking you and really knowing
that person that you are.
So I think that's veryimportant right, Like I'm sure
that sets you up to stand onthat stage a lot brighter and
let your light shine, becauseyou know for a fact you are
(47:38):
standing right where you shouldbe.
Speaker 2 (47:40):
Yes, yes, definitely.
It's definitely helped me,especially within you know this
career and now you know I'm Ilaunched it and it's definitely
been a blessing.
Speaker 3 (47:54):
Well, those are your receipts.
Right Like your receipts isyou've gone from level to level.
Speaker 2 (47:57):
Oh, yes, 100%, and you've helped.
Speaker 3 (47:59):
How many people, from each person, from your chair to
your, to the next oneappointment to the next right,
exactly.
So it's like no one can comefor you when you're like, hey,
wait, let me show you.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Yeah, like the days that I left Tony and Guy and
places where I worked at like Idid hair for Alzheimer's people
with.
Alzheimer's Days.
I left there.
There was hard times, therewere days where I wanted to give
up and I was like, do I evenwant to do this?
Like people were mean to me,and not only that.
Like I was like, yes, they wereso mean to me, I don't know,
(48:33):
and I tried my hardest.
I'm like why you know why me?
Speaker 3 (48:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
You know, I, my sister, I remember leaving the
Alzheimer's place.
I got fired there.
You know why?
Because I was too nice.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
What To those people?
Speaker 2 (48:47):
I had a lady say you know what she was.
She's like you need to be moremean to them.
That's terrible.
They won't listen and I said no, like I'm not going to be mean
to them.
Speaker 3 (48:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:57):
Like I have.
No, that is not.
There's no way.
That's not mean, it's not meanand so when she told me to leave
, I left crying my sister.
She held me that day.
Sorry, it's like so crazybecause she, my sister is
amazing.
Speaker 3 (49:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:09):
But yeah, she like.
Speaker 3 (49:11):
Shout out to Bigsit.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
She held me and she said, nancy, like you're going
to be, you're going to havesomething great in your life.
And like it's going to beamazing and I love you so much
and just get up.
Get up, and so anytime I hadlike bad, bad tribulations,
there was my sister.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
That's so beautiful Cause I feel like all you need
sometimes is just that oneperson to believe in you.
And it sounds like that wasyour sister for you.
Yeah, and I've been on thephone with you before and your
sister was with you and I wasgoing through a hard time and
you were talking me through itand you, I think in that moment
you really helped me find myfaith again.
Speaker 2 (49:52):
You know, yeah, no, I remember you were very shook up
and I just remember feelinglike I'm a Cassandra, please,
and don't like I just everythingthat I had in me.
I wanted to express it to youso you can like get past
whatever tribulation you weregoing through.
But, yeah, and you know, withthat being said, you know, going
through these hardship and jobs, I took all that and I was like
(50:18):
, okay, I'm going to make thisand I'm going to run with it and
I'm going to push myself to the, to the limits.
Hey, and if I, you know it iswhat it is Like, you know I
wanted to like push it and nowI'm here.
So I'm thankful that I did that, because if I didn't, then I
would be back.
Speaker 3 (50:37):
You talk about those misconceptions and you push into
the limit.
What's the next exciting thingthat you have on your docket
that you're pumped for orlooking forward to?
Speaker 2 (50:46):
Yeah, no, well I'm.
I'm working on a project rightnow.
It's a fashion show here inAustin.
Speaker 3 (50:52):
In Austin.
What?
Speaker 2 (50:53):
Yes, yes, here in Austin I'm putting together.
Speaker 3 (50:56):
When is this?
Speaker 2 (50:57):
For when is it?
Speaker 3 (50:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (50:59):
It's March 30th.
Speaker 3 (51:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (51:01):
Mark your calendar because it's exciting.
I'm putting a lot of work intoit.
Speaker 3 (51:05):
Good for you.
Speaker 2 (51:07):
It's taking a lot of work, but I'm I'm all for a
challenge and yeah, I've already, you know, set the date and
it's going to be at RainaRooftop.
Speaker 3 (51:16):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (51:17):
A little Miami vibe, I figured, why not?
You know I've been going tofashion shows here and there.
I went to Miami and like I gotinspired because, you know,
doing hair extensions, I feellike not all everybody sees what
I see.
Like, when these girls leave,what I see it's like, it's this
feeling of like confidence.
(51:39):
So I wanted to put this fashionshow together and, you know,
get some of my clients and havethem.
You know, wear the Nancy Curlthat I've been doing and working
on.
Speaker 3 (51:51):
Oh, we got a curl name.
The curl name, the Nancy Curl.
Speaker 2 (51:55):
Yeah, so I definitely am excited about it because you
know my clients are going to bewearing you know this curl and
walking the runway at a rooftophere.
Speaker 3 (52:06):
That is awesome.
I mean, can guys attend, Likeokay, yes, actually we have a
lot of guys coming.
Speaker 2 (52:13):
Yes, you definitely don't want to miss it, but I
feel like I want you knowentrepreneurs, everyone come.
Like.
I was literally just at Skimsand the girl was like can I come
?
I was like, yes, come.
Speaker 3 (52:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
Yes, she's like okay, we're all going to go.
Speaker 3 (52:27):
I'm a DM you, so I could get a ticket, yeah.
Speaker 1 (52:28):
I am.
It's such a good networkingevent For sure.
You have a lot of friendscoming up, Like everybody
including you came to make 288JiangINGs a bunch of people, and
if you're looking at otherdiverseippers, you get people to
come up and at least after thisevent if you are actually-
negoing this virtual like youhave had a great meeting with
new people that you call rightnow and you would hang out with
other partners.
(52:48):
You think you're going to meetjust on your own.
So it's great to get a hillsongback and it's for our clients
to have this to go to growingupperclassmen.
Of course, you would have a lotof guests who want you to give
high training at home or Italian, men I just like anything
that's not from here.
Speaker 3 (53:03):
Okay, that's fair.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
Well, I do.
I mean, my last boyfriend wasCaucasian.
Speaker 3 (53:08):
I'm not gonna say you know?
Speaker 2 (53:09):
But I know I'm open to Caucasians, what not?
But I tend to attract men fromdifferent countries.
Speaker 3 (53:15):
Yeah, do your thing I mean.
Speaker 2 (53:17):
I love it.
It's just honestly, they justtreat you differently.
Speaker 1 (53:22):
Yeah, I just mean, like what you, if you are
already like providingeverything for yourself, like
kind of like, what do you expecta guy to bring to the table?
Cause I had someone ask me thisthe other day and I had to
start thinking about it myself.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
Well, I will one first things.
First is to have empathy, havepatience and just you know you
don't have to make all thismoney Like I don't look for that
, that's not what I.
I mean, everybody's tends to belike, oh, I want a sugar baby
and all this stuff, or sugardaddy.
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Sugar daddy, sugar daddy.
Speaker 2 (53:59):
I'm like I don't need that.
I don't need that.
I don't want that.
I'm like have you had offers?
I have had offers.
I've had a lot of offers andyou know what?
Is it?
Austin or Miami?
Men, Austin, Miami, anywhere,Like they just oh, I'll take
care of you, you don't have towork.
I don't want that.
That's not what I want.
Speaker 3 (54:15):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (54:16):
It doesn't strict my ego, I'm fine, I'm good, I'm
good on that.
I'm more of like the type ofperson you know I love, like I.
If I like someone, you'll knowabout it.
You know, I don't just date todate.
Yeah, that's me.
I don't date to date and that'swhy I'm single.
(54:38):
So I mean, if I see someonethat I like that has potential,
you know you'll, I'll probablybe talking to them for a while.
You know, I'm getting to knowthem because right now, like is
what I'm seeing is like afriendship is so important to me
in a person and like Isometimes rather have them in
the friend zone and see where itgoes and then, if not like
(55:01):
unless they're on the same pageas me, we get to know each other
.
But this whole, like you know,casual sex thing.
Speaker 1 (55:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (55:10):
No.
All right, you heal the way, somy time, like I have too much
things to worry about, and youknow I have my.
I mean, you know I have to givemy attention to the people that
do love me, the people thatlove me.
So if that person's just takingfrom me, what is there gonna be
left for?
Like there's gonna, my mind'sgonna be all over the place and
(55:31):
I'm not gonna be a hundredpercent in my in my craft.
Speaker 3 (55:35):
So where you heal the loan right.
So that makes sense becauseremember there are people that
heal through dating.
Yes and that's whichever wayyou choose.
Like you understand yourself,and I think that's very
important.
That brings probably even morevalue to your relationships,
because you know exactly whatyou do and don't like, yeah,
which you will and won't settlefor.
Exactly and it also sounds likesince that last relationship,
(55:58):
you don't select the same wayanymore.
Speaker 2 (56:00):
Oh, no, yeah, Not at all.
I'm like, what was I thinking?
Yeah, you know, I'm I was oldNancy.
Speaker 1 (56:08):
Yeah that's all do you have like a hard time dating
in Austin um?
Speaker 2 (56:14):
I mean yes, yes, you know, and also because I have to
keep things very classy, like Idon't like to date you know I.
Don't know.
I find that I don't Connectwith a lot of people here so far
.
I mean in the ones that I do.
You know we're divorced or, youknow had kids or something.
(56:38):
You know they're older and likethey're not ready for something
serious and you know I don'thave time for that.
So, and when I'm working allthe time I don't have time to
like be on my phone and datelike I.
That's why when I went to otherplaces I was able to meet
people, because when I'm onvacation I Go on dates or
(56:58):
whatnot and the next thing, youknow like they like me.
But then there's, like you know, hardships.
Speaker 1 (57:03):
So I think dating is like a full-time job.
Oh yeah, because I heard thisthing.
It was like maybe you wouldn'tbe single if you were putting as
much effort into dating as youknow.
You are in your career orsomething else.
Oh yeah, and I'm like shit,like I need to take that advice.
Speaker 2 (57:18):
So sometimes, when you focus on that, it doesn't
come to you.
No, you're right, I don't evenfocus like I don't even know.
Like the last time I, like,went out and was like, oh my god
, who's what cute guys are here.
Yeah, I don't care like it'slike be in the present.
Mm-hmm like I.
I learned like before I wasn'tliving in the present, like I
(57:40):
felt like I was my phone, doingall these things with my phone.
Now it's like no, put yourphone down, let's connect
one-on-one and you know, letlife come to you.
You know God's gonna bring himin your life regardless.
He has a plan already for you.
You just don't know it, likehe's written it all out.
But you, you fight up, fightagainst it and you surpass that.
(58:04):
And I feel like people do that.
They're like oh no, but I'mgonna do this, I'm gonna find
this and I'm like, no, let itcome to you, because Every man
that I have really connected ona deeper level, I, I'm not gonna
lie like it's come to me, ithas and and Dating apps.
I'm not gonna lie like I havebeen on him.
I've met some cool people and I, you know, recently, I'm kind
(58:28):
of Seeing where something goeswith something.
But okay you know I'm just goingwith it.
You know I'm not like puttingmyself good for you, congrats.
Yeah, but it's If it, you know,let's see where it goes.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
But I'm not going to just put everything Out there
and not you know yeah, well, Ithink that's what's really cool
too Is because Roger's likereally spearheading these events
in Austin with the dating appcalled Thursday, which I was
telling you about, and the onething I do like about this
dating app is it's like meetingpeople organically in person,
(59:04):
right, yeah so then it's like ifyou went there and showed up
and your person's meant to bethere, Then they'd be there, but
you're not looking at a pieceof glass or a phone Sweat thing.
Speaker 3 (59:13):
You know you can only use it one day.
Speaker 2 (59:15):
Yeah, further than that, are you telling me to go?
No, not even like.
Speaker 3 (59:19):
We do want you.
Speaker 1 (59:20):
Yeah, I do want to go with you to one Like eventually
, if you'll go with me, becauseI feel like it'd be fun for us
just to see what's going on.
Speaker 3 (59:27):
But haven't you ever like match with somebody and
then they can do the textingall-star, yeah like, if I do
that, we're FaceTiming I.
Exactly.
I'm FaceTiming but you meetwith them in person, you're like
yeah, how, you really are notas deep as I thought.
Speaker 2 (59:42):
Yeah, I have to have deep connections, like deep
conversations, like because thisis what I want people to
understand, like once this isgone Aesthetically of course
what's there?
Yeah and the guy that I dated.
He wasn't the cutest like Iknow that for a fact, but I
loved him for who he was, forsure, and I valued him as a
(01:00:02):
person.
I'm not looking for the mosthottest guy.
I'm looking for my best friendand someone that's gonna like,
take me, take me on this journeywith, be on this journey with
me, but also respect me alongthe way.
That's all you're.
So me, my soulmate.
Speaker 1 (01:00:16):
Yeah, you don't want a boyfriend.
Speaker 2 (01:00:18):
I'm okay with being single.
Right now I'm having a greattime just working on myself and
it's a beautiful thing.
It's a great path.
That God's journey on andjourney.
Yeah, I'm, I couldn't complaingood for you.
Speaker 1 (01:00:30):
Yeah, well, that's so beautiful.
I'm so glad we got to hear yourstory and we're gonna have him
bow your fashion show and makesure people go to it.
Speaker 2 (01:00:41):
We're doing $6,000 worth in.
Yeah, I says that's crazy.
I have to talk about thatbecause this is something for
entrepreneurs, all theentrepreneurs out there.
All my girls are.
We're all coming together.
I have my girl, crystal Paris.
She's doing lashes, alexandra'sdoing spray tans, I have Erica
(01:01:01):
wants to do in filler and Botox.
But, yeah, we're gonna begiving away a lot of prizes so
people can raffle.
Do a raffle and see.
See where it goes.
Speaker 3 (01:01:12):
I'm gonna.
I want to get myself anextension, so I'm gonna be doing
a giveaway, yeah.
I'm gonna.
Speaker 1 (01:01:17):
I'm getting one guys, I take care, do that stuff like
the Botox and Incare, and I'mall for that side of it, you
know.
Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
I just saw a friend of mine on his story on
Instagram he just posted that hewas getting Botox.
Speaker 2 (01:01:31):
I was like good for you dude, I'm telling you it's,
it's a thing here?
Speaker 1 (01:01:35):
Yeah, don't you?
I respect him and that getsBotox.
Yeah, just take care ofyourself.
Speaker 2 (01:01:39):
You know I I do skincare for guys and I always
tell them, like, take care ofyour skin.
Speaker 1 (01:01:45):
It's preventive, it's preventive and it's all love
for you guys too.
You guys have to love yourself.
Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
So I feel like it's good and, yeah, I think that's
why I'm doing this giveaway.
I wanted to be, like you know,something for everyone.
Like not everybody has themoney to to Afford these
extensions as well and I I feelbad.
Sometimes I'm like I want togive them away.
You know I want, but you know Ialso work.
It's a lot of work on me but,like I am, I do a giveaway every
(01:02:11):
now and then I'm I'm doing onefor a new winner, a new Client
and a pre-existent client.
So you have to tell you.
Speaker 1 (01:02:18):
So, roger like the price range.
Speaker 3 (01:02:20):
Yeah, I mean, I have.
I have zero clue for hairextensions zero clue like, how
much?
Speaker 2 (01:02:25):
how much do you think for one Like for what I have?
Because I have one row and Ihave to care.
Speaker 3 (01:02:30):
So you have a hair extension in right now.
Yes, I have one row of IBextensions if I had a guess,
like Give me a range with coloreverything, or just let's talk
about the extensions.
I'd probably say like $500.
Speaker 2 (01:02:45):
No, like a low, keep working Roger deposit.
That's probably like a littledeposit, no.
Speaker 3 (01:02:51):
Yeah, I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (01:02:52):
Yeah, it ranges just the minimal is like 700 and then
it goes up to 3000 for hairextensions.
Yeah, no color not includingcolor, not including install.
Speaker 3 (01:03:03):
Yeah so.
Yeah how long do they?
Speaker 1 (01:03:06):
guys need to pay for the first date.
Speaker 3 (01:03:08):
Yeah, how long do they last?
Speaker 2 (01:03:10):
They last a year the hair just last a year but, the
maintenance is over two months.
Speaker 3 (01:03:14):
But yeah got it.
Speaker 2 (01:03:15):
It's a great Investment for someone that
wants you know their hair to belong, and then they could do so
many things yeah, you couldstill watch it.
Put it up in a ponytail.
Speaker 3 (01:03:26):
That's an appropriate investment, if that's what you
want very seamless that, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 2 (01:03:30):
Yeah, do you wanna see?
I really don't care.
I show everybody I'll be youfeel so beautiful?
Speaker 1 (01:03:35):
It really does.
Where can people go to stalkyou like your personal Social if
you want to give it out, oryour business for hair extension
when they find Nancy G Reese?
Speaker 2 (01:03:46):
Nancy G Reese, they can go stalk me there.
I'm about to put my I think I'mprivate, but Business only
noticeable impressions.
Yes, that's where you can findme.
I am on South Congress InAustin, texas, and I've read a
booth in Miami part-time, so I'min Miami every two months if
(01:04:08):
you need anything, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:04:11):
I'm high city.
Speaker 1 (01:04:12):
Yeah, I love my oh.
Eventually we've got to getinvolved with Nancy where we can
do some kind of podcast, giveaway with her like network to
get oh, yes or something.
Speaker 3 (01:04:21):
Yeah and and it sounds like to I mean the same
way you're supporting smallbusiness owners.
I love large business ownerslike that's, that's gonna be
impactful for that giveaway orsomething that maybe coordinate
together.
Speaker 2 (01:04:33):
Yeah, I would love to anything that's gonna help,
especially awesome $6,000 ingiveaways.
Yes, we want people to havelike the luxury and just feel
good about themselves and I'mlike why not Austin?
Speaker 1 (01:04:47):
community, which is so cool.
It's hard to find I know, and Igotta let Roger close it out.
Yes, because he wasn't herelast week and I had to do it by
myself and I was like what thefuck is going on?
Speaker 3 (01:04:57):
She did her solo episode.
No, I'm amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:05:00):
I have seen her like blossoms.
She doesn't even need help.
Speaker 3 (01:05:06):
I'm sorry, roger, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:05:07):
Roger, you're amazing , honestly, like the duals are
really awesome.
I like it.
I've been watching you guys inflorist and I I'm very happy to
have you guys been.
You know, Absolutely on this,yeah absolutely.
Speaker 3 (01:05:19):
I think we're definitely happy to have you
here, thankful for you to bevulnerable, open in ways that
I'm sure people thought theyknew you, but now they get to
know a little bit more the realyou, and we're excited for next
week's episode and we wanteverybody to come back because
this is the only place wherethey know it's going down going
down in the lobby.
Speaker 1 (01:05:40):
I think the funniest line too is I'm always like it's
going down, but our podcastwill take you up.
I can't wait for our stickers.
Okay, so I was listening to like a couple of
episodes Roger and I have done,and like every episode that we
do, we kind of say that we'renot having a good day.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We are.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And today was like the same thing, but then our day
always, like, becomes a littlebit better when we get our
guests in the lobby.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Like right before the guests gets here.
It's like scratch everything,it's showtime and every single
time we show up as partners onthe episodes.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, it's hard, like you know, being business
partners, it's like it's a lotof work that Roger and I put
into this and then that I bet itis.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I can't even imagine doing what you guys do, because
that's another level.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It's different specialties, right?
Yeah, like she's doing a lot ofthings that I can't do, and
then I'm a part of some otherthings that I'm sure she can do,
but it's just maybe myspecialty, and then, when you
look at it that way, I'm tellingyou hers is more time consuming
.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I know Well seeing you do this.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
That's why I wanted to bring Nancy on is because you
know I was talking to Roger andI was like I keep bringing my
friends on the podcast but Ifeel like for season one, roger
and I, bringing the people thatare close to us just kind of
like tells our story better,gets people to know our circle,
and I just think you're such aninspiring like business woman
(01:23):
here in Austin and it's likeNancy and I went to brunch at
two hands the other day, whichyou know I'm like a regular.
You're obsessed with the podcast.
They're obsessed.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Did you go there for South by?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I was there for South by too, and they were giving
away free lattes and nothing.
I would have had so many, yeah,nothing in life is free anymore
, so that was kind of nice Southby yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's this week, man, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I think it's exciting , too, because our last guest
was someone that you know and Imean we walked in.
We walked in the episode andyou know we walk in with our own
set subset of questioning andways in which we want to take
each episode, and we all walkedaway with a plethora of
information and learn more abouther, and I think it benefited
our audience.
So I'm excited to have you onbecause she's one for one right
(02:10):
now and I think she's going togo two for two for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Oh yeah, it's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Be able to be part of anything with my, my friends,
who are amazing andentrepreneurs, especially like
you.
I've watched you grow and, yes,I told you I was like I always
want to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, and how long have you all known each other?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Nancy and I have known each other for seven years
, that's crazy.
Long time.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
I can call her up, and I know that it's always
going to be a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
So those seven years who like.
How did you all meet?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It was through.
I think I had a mutual friend,chastity, yes, okay, yes, and
then we just became really goodfriends from it.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
Is Chastity still in the friend group?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yes.
I love her.
She's killing it right now.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
All of our friends really are like doing something
with themselves.
Yeah, doing something well,yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Everybody's blossomed .
Honestly, it's just nice to seeit Like, especially right now,
like I'm realizing like fastforward.
I'm like, wow, where was Ibefore this?
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, and seven years , so to know each other.
Seven years and you hail fromAustin.
That's more or less the placethat you'll identify with.
And then for you, where's home?
Is it here in Austin, or?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Actually, the home is in the country.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Into the country I mean originally.
I'm from Mexico.
Okay, san Luis Potosí.
It's a little town.
My parents we, you know broughtme here at age two.
Okay, two years old.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
This is like the same thing with you from Australia
to Austin.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I think when I was with you and we were at launch
with Jane, you're like.
We have the UN here, literally,and our friends are from all
over the place.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That's crazy yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So beautiful.
We're also different looking,so unique.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
That's very healthy.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah.
So yeah, I grew up in Elginwell, McDade, and then we went
to Elgin population.
We had a very, very lowpopulation but I loved it
because I got close to everyonereally, really fast and, like
I'm still friends with a lot ofmy friends from grade school and
(04:13):
yeah, and I'm like I'm a hugefan of the audience Like, what
is that closer Is?
That closer to Austin San.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Antonio, houston, dallas.
It's closer to Austin.
Okay, Got it yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
About how far.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
About.
I'm probably just like myparents are still like 30, 40
minutes away.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Got it, Depending on traffic.
I'm a contextual guy Like Ineed to paint the picture, Like
I need to fully get it.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
I had no idea where that was so.
I'm glad you asked thatquestion.
I'm glad that they were, likeknown for their watermelon
festival.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah, what is this?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Oh my God.
So we're known for thewatermelon festival.
It's like I mean, raised onthey on the crop, I guess, but
they were known.
I know it's so embarrassing.
It's funny because I was thewatermelon princess.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Oh, no, yeah, what does this mean?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
This means that I love watermelon.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah, I mean, we even had a seed spitting contest.
It was funny.
What?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Yes, this is funny.
It's funny, but I feel likeeverybody knew I'm from the
Northeast, so I neverexperienced anything.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I know we just had little festivals and we got to
dress up and it was just soinviting and, like you know,
people got together back in theday.
I feel like we got together,you know, and nowadays it's like
you know, it's not like that,you know, I, I feel like that's
what made me.
I think, growing up, I startedrealizing like this is where
(05:37):
it's at, like this is, this ishome.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
This felt like home.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
It sounds like you had like a really good sense of
community For sure, kind ofgrowing up in like a small town.
Yeah, and I was even kind ofthinking about you because
you're such a big personality tome, like anytime we walk
anywhere, nancy knows everyone,she'll talk to anyone, and I'm
like that's kind of rare.
I feel like coming out of sucha small town.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah, I mean, do you feel as if you learn that, being
from the small town or, likeyou, just you enjoy?
That's you to the core.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I put myself in very uncomfortable situations on
purpose growing up.
My mom and my dad put me in acorner and would put me there
and we're like no, we got toprotect you.
You can't do anything, you can'tgo anywhere.
I just felt like in my life Iknew if I was going to blossom,
like I needed to feeluncomfortable and that's what I
(06:32):
did.
I would, you know, join likeFCCLA Future Community Leaders
of America.
I was joining anything that'sgoing to like make me a better
person growing up.
So I think that has to do a lotwith that With a little bit of
that personality.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And then, how many siblings do you have?
I have four.
Okay, so four.
And where do you stand in themix of four?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I didn't even know you had four.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, sorry, sorry, it's four of us.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
It's four with you Gosh Four of us, two brothers,
one sister.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Okay, I'm the baby, okay, so, yeah, so I'm a father
brother and he's he's blind.
I was talking to you about it,sandra.
So I feel like, looking at that, I have been able to evaluate
my life a little bit different,because I had to grow up fast.
(07:22):
My mom would be like you seehow privileged you are.
You know, I would every day wakeup and see him struggling, and
things that not everyone in adaily life has to do, Like Ken,
Like things that I'm I know thatnow I'm doing for them, like
I'm helping them, you know.
But yeah, having a family withsomeone with a disability is
(07:45):
something that not everyone canunderstand, you know.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
So and I feel like you hold that really close to
your heart and like to yourchest, because thank you for
sharing.
Yeah, I really am proud of youfor being vulnerable and sharing
it on the podcast, because I'vebeen friends with her for like
seven years and she only like,really like I feel like you.
You don't mention it all thetime, no, like you don't use it
as like a part of your identity,that's the right way.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, you know, like that's healthy.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
You don't talk about like the hardships that you've
been through with your family.
With that, like, I mean yourmom having four kids and one of
them having a disability.
I can't even imagine as aparent.
That's a lot.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And you being the youngest, it's like did that
force you to be the rock?
Or like, where do you stand inthe dynamic?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So I remember when I was what maybe like 10, my mom
took me to the school for theblind, which was here in Austin.
It's huge, right.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
It's huge.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yes, I'll give you a funny part to what you just said
.
Yeah, to like appropriatelyinterrupt you, I lived next.
Like the next street over fromwhere I was raised was a deaf
and blind street.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
So it's a different experience, right, so please
keep going.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
No, no, no, yeah, honestly, like I remember my mom
taking me to the school and,you know, forcing me to go say
hi to everybody, like I mean,I've met people with
disabilities, people would youcan think of anything you can
think of like it was there, likeI was like had to put myself in
a comfortable situation where Ifelt I felt like even like I
(09:21):
would cry, and I was like, no,just go say hi there, normal.
And I'm like, but mom, like youknow, I, I don't know, like I
don't know it's as a little girl, you just don't you feel bad,
but they weren't doing thingsthat you couldn't do, like I
know, like I would, I would bewalking normal and they would
have like a cane or something.
And I just feel like I learnedto have a lot of empathy, good
(09:43):
Empathy and love and, you know,patience for someone with a
disability.
And so as I got older, you knowthat came in between with what
I'm doing, with my career.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
We need to call you before every episode, and if
we're ever at disagreement, weneed this empathy button.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
No, she's really good , she really is yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I you know I am very empathetic in people and like I
think that's helps me be in youknow in my career.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
And your career.
For me, I mean, please.
I feel like y'all havedefinitely a greater
understanding, but, like, tellme all the things you do right,
like being an entrepreneur inyour own like.
I have my own understanding,but it sounds like I may be
missing out some pieces there.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
No, so entrepreneur, like what I've been doing.
I'm a hairstylist, of course,here in Austin Texas.
My business name is NoticeableImpressions.
I've been doing hair out ofhigh school at age 18.
When I graduated, I wentstraight to beauty school.
I also got my laser hairremoval certification and
(10:51):
whatnot, but hair was always mything.
So I've been doing hair for along time, but it has been, you
know, rocky.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Yeah, up and down.
That's why, like I wanted toget her on too is because I know
she's a boss, but I've seen hercareer shift so much over the
last seven years.
For sure she's been crazy and Ifeel like she's really at a
high right now in her career.
Congrats.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Yes, thank God.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
So I was like I've got to get her on, you know.
And then even like you're, Iknow Good watch is hot, yeah.
And then the other thing I wasgoing to ask you too, is like
are your parents still together?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yes, they're together Okay.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
They love each other so much.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I love them so much.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Because I feel like that would be difficult in a
marriage too right, Like I can'tImagine having a child with a
disability and then trying toyeah.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, I mean it's like even you, connected to
everything you said You'rehaving siblings and going
through a divorce.
That's tough in its own self.
But then even you being abusiness owner, how do you cater
to family members?
That was the hard thing.
I was putting my Holidayholidays and your business.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I was doing everything.
If you ask my past employers, Iwas here and there and putting
my hands in everything Likecookie jar.
I knew I was like Nancy focuson one thing.
I wanted less noise in thebackground.
I find that, suffering withADHD, I felt like I had to put
(12:26):
my pants on big girl pants onand say, look, I need to
concentrate on one thing andhave less noise and just take it
one day at, you know, one stepat a time.
And that's what I've been doingand I think that I can see
progress, especially recently,Like I've been seeing a lot of
progress in my life.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
She has like clients, like flying her to, like where
they are now, basically likethat's how in demand she's
become for what she's doing inhair.
Like she'll be like in Miami,she'll be in Austin.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
Can you braid hair Don't braid hair.
I need to get mine braided, no.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
I do just sew in hair extensions.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
I'll take a sew in.
Let me get a sew in.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
You know what I actually wanted?
To take a class just to take.
I love taking classes just tolearn, but like, yeah, I love it
, but yeah, no, I've been doingextensions for three, about
almost three years, yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
So you're I mean one.
You have a dynamic setup withinyour family background, but
with your business it soundslike you have multiple different
ways in which you can activateincome.
Would you say that's probablylike your final passion?
Is it just hair?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, I mean hair.
Helping others.
Yes, I mean right now.
That's where I'm concentrating.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Me.
I'll just wait, I can turn intoit.
It's okay, I'll just let itstop.
I'm going to stop this and thenI'll restart it, okay, so I was
listening to like a couple ofepisodes Roger and I have done,
and like every episode that wedo, we kind of say that we're
not having a good day.
We are, and today was like thesame thing, but then our day
(14:14):
always like becomes a little bitbetter when we get our guests
in the lobby.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Like right before the guests gets here.
It's like scratch everything,it's showtime and every single
time we show up as partners onthe episodes.
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (14:27):
Yeah, it's hard, Like you know, being business
partners, it's like it's a lotof work that Roger and I put
into this and then that's.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I bet it is.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
I can't even imagine doing what you guys do, because
that's another level of it'sdifferent specialties, right
Like she's doing a lot of thingsthat I can't do.
And then I'm a part of someother things that I'm sure she
can do, but it's just maybe myspecialty and then, when you
look at it that way, I'm tellingyou hers is more time consuming
.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
I know Well seeing you do this.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
That's why I wanted to bring Nancy on.
It's because you know I wastalking to Roger and I was like
I keep bringing my friends onthe podcast but I feel like for
season one, roger and I,bringing the people that are
close to us just kind of liketells our story better, gets
people to know our circle, and Ijust think you're such an
inspiring like business womanhere in Austin and it's like
(15:21):
Nancy and I went to brunch attwo hands the other day, which
you know I'm like a regular.
You're obsessed with yourfriends.
They're obsessed.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Did you go there for South by?
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I was there for South by too, and they were giving
away free lattes and nothing.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
I would have had so many.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Yeah, nothing in life is free anymore, so that was
kind of nice.
South by yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
That's this week, man , I think it's exciting too,
because our last guest wassomeone that you know and I mean
we walked in that episode andyou know we walk in with our own
set subset of questioning andways in which we want to take
each episode, and we all walkedaway with a plethora of
information and learn more abouther, and I think it benefited
our audience.
(16:02):
So I'm excited to have you on,because she's one for one right
now and I think she's going togo two for two for sure.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Oh yeah, it's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
I think it's going to be part of anything with my
friends, who are amazing andentrepreneurs, especially like
you.
I've watched you grow and, yes,I told you I was like I always
want to be a part of it.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
And how long have you all known each other?
And you may want to move themic a little bit closer.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
We're going to talk a little louder too.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
I've known Cassandra for about what.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
No, you want to put the mic down this bottom.
No, because I just don't wantyour clips.
Sorry, I can cut all this, Ijust don't want your clips to be
good for you.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
She did this to me.
Episode one it just.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
Like you're literally you're going to get yourself to
a point where Okay, because yousee on the camera how her mic's
in her face a lot.
I don't want that yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
And should I put a pillow right here?
Do you have a pillow?
Speaker 1 (16:55):
No.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Okay, because I'm short, because I'm short, yeah,
because I'm short, and it's likeoverpowering Clips, yeah, but
anyways, anyways, yeah, no, it'sfunny, nancy and I have known
each other for seven years.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I can call her up, and I know that it's always
going to be a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
So those seven years who like how did y'all meet?
Speaker 1 (17:19):
It was through, I think, our mutual friend
Chastity.
Yes, okay, yes, and then wejust became really good friends
from it.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Is Chastity still in the friend group?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Yes, I love her.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Yes, she's killing it right now.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
All of our friends really are like doing something
with themselves.
Yeah, doing something well,yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Everybody's Love it.
I see it Like, especially rightnow, like I'm realizing, like
fast forward.
I'm like, wow, where was Ibefore this?
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Yeah, and seven years , so to know each other.
Seven years and you hail fromAustin.
That's more or less the placethat you identify with.
And then for you, where's home?
Is it here in Austin, or?
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Actually, the home is in the country.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Into the country I mean originally.
I'm from Mexico.
Okay, san Luis Potosí.
It's a little town.
My parents we, you know broughtme here at age two.
Okay, two years old.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
This is like the same thing with you from Australia
to Austin.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
I think when I was with you and we were at lunch
with Jane you're like we havethe UN here.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Literally.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
All of our girlfriends are from all over
the place.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
That's crazy yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
So beautiful.
We're also different looking,so unique.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
That's very healthy.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
So, yeah, I grew up in Elgin Well, McDade, and then
we went to Elgin population.
We had a very, very lowpopulation but I loved it
because I got close to everyonereally, really fast and, like
I'm still friends with a lot ofmy friends from grade school and
yeah, and then for the audience, like what is that closer?
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Is that closer to Austin, San Antonio, Houston,
Dallas?
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's closer to Austin .
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Okay, got it.
Yeah About how far.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
About.
I'm probably just like myparents, are still like 30, 40
minutes away, got it, so yeah,traffic.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
I'm a contextual guy, like I need to paint the
picture, like I need to fullyget it.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I had no idea where that was so.
I'm glad you asked thatquestion and then Nancy told me
at brunch the other day thatthey were, like, known for their
watermelon festival.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Oh yeah, what is this ?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Oh my God.
So we're known for thewatermelon festival.
It's like I mean raised on theyon the in the crops I guess.
But they were known.
I know it's so embarrassing.
It's funny because I was thewatermelon princess.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Oh, no, yeah, what does this mean?
Speaker 2 (19:41):
This means that I I love watermelon.
Speaker 3 (19:43):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, I mean, we even had a seed spitting contest.
It was funny what.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Yes, this is funny.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
It's funny, but I feel like everybody.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
I'm from the Northeast, so I never
experienced anything like that.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I know we just had little festivals and we got to
dress up and it was just soinviting and, like you know,
people got together.
Back in the day.
I feel like we got together,you know, and nowadays it's like
you know, it's not like that.
I feel like that's what made me.
I think, growing up, I startedrealizing like this is where
it's at, like this is, this ishome.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
This felt like home.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Sounds like you had like a really good sense of
community For sure, kind ofgrowing up in like a small town.
Yeah, and I was even kind ofthinking about you because
you're such a big personality tome, like anytime we walk
anywhere, nancy knows everyone,she'll talk to anyone, and I'm
like that's kind of rare.
I feel like coming out of sucha small town.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Yeah, I mean, do you feel as if you learn that, being
from the small town or, likeyou, just you enjoy?
That's you to the core.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
I put myself in very uncomfortable situations on
purpose.
Got it Growing up, my mom andmy dad put me in a corner and
would put me there and we'relike, no, we got to protect you
you can't do anything, you can'tgo anywhere.
I just felt like in my life Iknew if I was going to blossom,
like I needed to feeluncomfortable and that's what I
(21:09):
did.
I would, you know, join likeFCCLA Future Community Leaders
of America.
I was joining anything that'sgoing to like make me a better
person growing up.
So I Think that has to do a lotwith a little bit that
personality.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
And then, how many siblings do you have?
I have four.
Okay, so four.
And where do you stand in themix of four?
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I didn't even know you had four.
I mean sorry, sorry, it's fourof us.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
It's four, oh my gosh .
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Four of us, two brothers, one sister.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
I'm the baby okay so, yeah, I mean, I have a brother,
older brother, and he's he'sblind.
I was talking to you about it,sandra.
So I feel like, looking at that, I have been able to evaluate
my life a little bit differentbecause I had to grow up fast.
(21:59):
My mom would be like you see howprivileged you are, you know I
would every day wake up and seehim struggling and things that
Not everyone in a daily life hasto do like can, like, yeah,
things that I'm I know that nowI'm doing for them, like I'm
helping them, you know.
But, yeah, having a family withsomeone with a disability is
(22:22):
something that not everyone canunderstand, you know.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
So and I feel like you hold that really close to
your heart and like to yourchest, because thank you for
sharing.
Yeah, I really am proud of youfor being vulnerable and sharing
it on the podcast, because I'vebeen friends with her for like
seven years and she only like,really like I feel like you.
You don't mention it all thetime now, like you don't use it
as like a part of your identity.
(22:47):
That's the right way, you know,like that's healthy you don't
talk about like the hardshipsthat you've been through with
your family.
With that, like, I mean yourmom having four kids and one of
them having a disability.
I can't even imagine as aparent.
That's a lot.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
And you being the youngest, it's like did that
force you to be the rock?
Or like, where do you stand inthe dynamic?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
so I remember, when I was what might be like 10, my
mom took me to the school of thefor the blind, which was here
is here in Austin.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
It's a huge.
It's huge, right?
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:18):
I'll give you a funny part to what you just said.
Yeah, like appropriatelyinterrupt you.
I live next, like the nextstreet over from where I was
raised really was a Deaf andblind street.
Yeah, yeah, so yeah, it's adifferent experience, right, so
please keep going.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
No, no, no.
I honestly, like I remember mymom taking me to the school and,
you know, forcing me to go sayhi to everybody.
Like I mean, I've met peoplewith disabilities, people would
you can think of anything youcan think of like it was there,
like I was like had to putmyself in a comfortable
situation where I felt I feltlike even like I would cry.
(23:58):
I'm almost like no, just go sayhi there, no more, and I'm like
come on.
Like you know, I, I don't know,like I don't know it's as a
little girl, you just don't youfeel bad, but they weren't doing
things that you couldn't dolike I know, like I would, I
would be walking normal and theywould have like a cane or
something.
And I just feel like I learnedto have a lot of empathy, good
(24:20):
empathy and love, and you knowpatience for someone with a
disability.
And so as I got older, you knowthat came in between with what
I do with my career.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
We need to call you before every episode and
wherever I had disagreement, weneed this empathy button.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I, you know I am very empathetic and people and like
I think that's helps me.
Yeah, be in, you know, in mycareer.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
And your career.
For me, I mean, please.
I feel like y'all havedefinitely a greater
understanding, but, like, tellme all the things you do right,
like being an entrepreneur inyour own like.
I have my own Understanding,but it sounds like I may be
Missing out some pieces there.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No, so Entrepreneur, like what I've been doing.
I'm a hairstylist, of course,here in Austin, texas.
My business name is noticeableimpressions.
I've been doing hair out ofhigh school.
At age 18, when I graduated, Iwent straight to beauty school.
Okay, I also got my laser hairremoval Certification and
(25:28):
whatnot, but hair was always mything.
So I've been doing hair for along time, but it has been, you
know, rocky.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
That's why, like I wanted to get her on too is
because I know she's a boss, butI've seen her career shift so
much over the last seven yearsI'm crazy, and I feel like she's
really at a high right now inher career.
Congrats.
Thank God, I was like we've gotto get her on, you know.
And then even like I, know,yeah, and then the other thing I
(26:01):
was gonna ask you too is likeare your parents still together?
Yes, okay.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Okay they love each other.
Yeah, I love them so much, cuz.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I feel like that would be difficult in a marriage
to write like I can't Imaginelike having a child with a
disability and then trying toyeah yeah, I mean it's like even
you, connected to everythingyou said, like you're having
siblings and going through adivorce.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
That's tough in its own self.
But then even you, being abusiness owner, like how do you
Cater to family members?
Speaker 2 (26:34):
That was the holiday holiday and your business I was
doing everything like, if youasked, like my past employers, I
was here and there and like,yeah, you know, putting my hands
and everything like like cookie, you know.
But I knew I was like Nancy,focus on one thing, mm-hmm.
And you know I, I wanted less,no noise in the background and I
(26:56):
I find that, suffering withADHD, I felt like I had to put
my pants on big girl pants onand say, look, I need to
concentrate on one thing andhave less noise and just Take it
one day at you know, one stepat a time.
And that's what I've been doingand I think that I can see
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progress, especially recently,like I've been seeing a lot of
progress in my life.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
She has like clients, like flying her to, like where
they are now, basically likethat's how in demand she's
become for what she's doing inhair.
Like she'll be like in Miami,she'll be in Austin.
Speaker 3 (27:36):
Can you braid hair?
Don't braid, I need to get minebraided, no.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
I do just so hair extensions.
You know what I actually wantedto take a class just to take.
I love taking classes just tolearn.
But, like, yeah, I love it.
Um, but yeah, no, I've beendoing extensions for three,
about almost three years, yeahso it sounds like you're I mean
(28:02):
one.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You have a Dynamic setup within your, your family
background.
Yes, but with your business itsounds like you have multiple
different ways in which you canactivate income.
Yes, would you say, that'sprobably like your final, like
passion.
Is it just hair?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean hair.
Helping others.
Yes, I mean right now.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
That's where I'm concentrating because I know
you're like passionate abouthelping people and I feel like
that's what hair does, whichthis is gonna crack Roger up,
but he probably doesn't know,like, how beautiful Extensions
can make a woman fill 100%, justfor calm, no idea.
Yeah, even when I first met you, I had like a fool.
Like I had a sense.
You may not even know this no.
(28:43):
But it was right after I hadgone through my breakup and I
put extensions in and it made mefeel like a new woman and I was
talking to you about this andyou have so many clients that I
think you've been tell me likecry after they get their
extensions put in.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah Well, just like emotionally happy like you're
just so happy you're at a high,you you walk into a room with,
you know, not that muchconfidence, because you saw, so
much hair postpartum, so manythings, obstacles, and you leave
with a whole set of hair likeand color.
You know I do it all, so it'sit's so rewarding.
Speaker 3 (29:20):
I'm sure I don't express but.
And and it's like watchingthose people walk in feeling one
way and walk out feeling andlooking another way.
Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
I would leave there, like leave every day, especially
not every day, but usually Ileave the salon.
I'm just at a high like I feellike.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
I serve my purpose.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Yeah, that's I've made someone feel better about
themselves and you know, there'stimes when my hair wasn't done
and all correct, but I I knewthat I'm selfless with my love,
so I felt like giving in, givingit to them.
It was just like Purposeful.
It wasn't all about, you know,like all the outer, you know,
like money and all that to me,like it wasn't that it was, it
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was more, you know.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
Well now, I mean, you bring up things about making
somebody feel good and I kind ofwant to get to the juicy stuff.
I like what?
What do you think kind of gotyou to fall in love with the
side of just like feeling good?
Beauty, self-care, is it?
I mean, you got to tell me, isthere like a climatic moment
that had you kind of fall inlove with this at 18?
(30:28):
Something?
Speaker 2 (30:29):
oh yeah, I mean I was listening to Selena Quintanilla
, okay you know, which so long.
That was it Yolanda Saldivar's,like I just heard.
I was just telling my yeahthey're about to let her out and
I'm like please, like I grew upwith cassette player, like the
cassettes, yeah, dad would belike we got you a new cassette
and I'm like, what is it?
And it was Selena Quintanilla.
(30:50):
And I just remember feelinglike this is my girl, like I
want to be like her.
Oh, like in that I'm not likeher, but like I wanted to feel
like she's beautiful, she hadthe glam she just had everything
like where she just had a bigheart.
You could just tell Like Ilooked up to her.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Growing up, but I know a lot of girls did too.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
And you know, and her music was amazing and just now
that I look back at it, I'm likeyou know that has to do.
You know, when you're asking meall that, like that's how I
feel, like I looked up to a lotof people growing up with music.
Music was a big part of it.
So papras too, but you know theSpanish soap opera.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
Yeah, I love them.
They're so good yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, but you know my mom, you know she would always
put it on for me and you knowall the fashion shows growing up
and seeing all that I startedsticking to me Growing up I'm
like it's the fun day.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
We get some of your family dynamic to be understood.
A little bit about yourbusiness.
I gotta understand more aboutyou, though.
Right, like we talked aboutSelena and that being a
motivating factor, I mean lovelife like what's going on.
It seems like you're on a high.
We're getting you while you'rehot.
You know what's going on there.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I feel like we have to talk about Beep, that one at
Beep his name.
Oh, there's one, there's one,no no, no, because this was at
like the height of Nancy and I'sfriendship.
Yeah, I'm trying and it'sprobably like a reoccurring
theme in our friendship andsomething we talk about on the
podcast is like cheating, andwhether you get cheated on, you
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know you want extensions to makeyourself feel better or it's a
catalyst for making your careerlike go to the next level.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Honestly yeah you're right, because I went through a
lot.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Yeah, because we talked about level up.
I'm like Nancy did a level up.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
I think that really helped me, that breakup that I
went through.
I was in a seven yearrelationship.
Speaker 3 (32:55):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:56):
Yeah, seven year relationship which I you know
respected and you know valued.
But, yeah, I had to really wakeme up because I mean, within
all that, I was always likechallenged in putting myself in.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
In places where I just knew like I can grow, but I
knew that that person wasn'tgood for me and God did not want
him to be in my life.
Speaker 1 (33:20):
Yeah, I feel like seven years, like I don't, I
would never do this now.
Wait seven years for like anengagement ring or like
something to happen.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
You'd be surprised, I mean, when you're in that
moment I had dated somebody witha similar timeline and I'm
telling you like time just go by, Like you don't really realize,
until you're like whoa, likewe're wasting time here.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
But it's like you say something.
There too we're cheating.
It's like cheating Some peopledo it, some people don't, and
some people never will rightLike it sounds like you
repurposed that experience withcheating to benefit you.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Which kudos to you and whichever side cheated or
didn't.
I mean, I don't know, and Idon't know if you want to share,
but it sounds like you reallyfound a way to help mold you to
the next level.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Yeah, you have to tell them how you guys met too,
yeah like I.
Because I know this, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:14):
I'm trying to pull the juicy stuff, but oh well,
let's put it this way I don'twant to pull too hard.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
When I met my ex he was, you know, it was like he
was a wakeboarder.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
And he also was in cells.
So when I was working at one ofthe spas at that time, he
walked in trying to sell me aprinter.
Did this, crack you up, sell mea printer?
And he forced himself on me,put his card and was like here,
like, I want you to call me Like.
And I was like.
I refused, I think I let him beon Facebook, but that's it Back
(34:49):
then, you know.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
But no, we ended up yeah After that we're
inseparable.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Did he slide in the DMs?
Speaker 1 (34:56):
Yeah he did, he did, he did, but he poke you since it
was Facebook.
No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
That's funny.
That's actually that's how myseven year started.
My seven year started by uspoking each other.
Oh yeah, that was so.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
Okay, creepy people.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
That's crazy.
No no, no, no I don't know, itwas like a game, it was fun.
Yeah, no no, she poked me.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Dude, like I'm telling you, like I look back at
that relationship and I realizehow much I've grown from that.
But no, I have totally respectfor him and you know he's happy
on his own, but you know we hada hard come up.
I mean, he did do somedisrespectful things, you know.
And I think that now that I lookback at him I'm like I would
(35:40):
have never the new Nancy wouldnever had put up with that.
But you know when you are, youknow in your family, you know
like my parents.
They kind of raised me to workhard, like yeah.
Towards a relationship, don'tgive up.
And so you know he had given mea promise ring.
I felt like, comfortable withhim, and you know I was the girl
(36:02):
that would stay home, washclothes and cook clean, go to
work, and that was it.
And you know that wasn't thecase.
You know, with him, you know Ifelt like he wanted more, he
wanted to go, venture out, andyou know we took a break and
then we got back and still therewas infidelity, me walking in.
(36:27):
You know I have to give mystory, which now I don't care
Like I can talk about it.
I love about it.
I've told my clients about itand I really don't.
I wish them the best.
But, like now, I want girls torealize like, if you are in a
situation like this, like walkaway, like there's light.
(36:48):
There is so much light at theend of the tunnel, but you have
to have faith within yourself,for sure.
Like I don't need a person forvalidation.
I really don't.
I just need to love myself, andthe biggest part of this whole
thing has been, you know,growing, loving and nurturing my
soul, and it's been the bestthing that has happened to me.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
I mean you say something there too, where
you're like there's a light atthe end of the tunnel and I
think it's like cheating happenson both sides, right?
Like women can cheat on men,men can cheat on women, and
whatever the relationshipdynamic is, Like men to men,
women to women I don't want tospeak or generalize or say it
incorrectly, but it always itcan happen in any way, right,
Exactly.
So, knowing that to be, it'slike it stems from somewhere and
(37:37):
it sounds like you have theability to say you can respect
him.
Yeah, it sounds like he workedthrough that.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Yeah, I mean we did, we got past it for a little bit,
but you know I couldn't be witha person.
Once you cheat, and this iswhat I told a lot of guys like
once you cheat, that trust isgone and I can't see you the
same way, like I will never, Iwill never, and I find that
people like surpass it.
You know, but it's not the same.
(38:08):
It really isn't, and that'syour choice.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
You have every right to choose that right Like and
that's good that you know thatabout yourself too.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
Yeah, like right being a relationship if you
don't want to be in it.
Like why I'm single for threeyears is because of that.
Because, I don't need thatfeeling If I want to go to Miami
tomorrow.
I can go and there is no, noone holding me back.
Like I love that.
But it's not all about going toMiami, it's not all about that.
(38:37):
Like it's about going forpurpose.
Like for me, I go, I work, Icome back, that's it.
But if I had a guy, with allrespect, he'd be coming with me.
Right you know, Like if I had aman like and we're together and
I'm talking I'm gonna respecthim and I'm gonna be like okay,
I'm not gonna go to Miamianymore, Chill, or you can come
(38:58):
with me and we can make thiswork, yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Yeah Well, I feel like being cheated on can really
affect your sense of like worth.
Like self worth and you'reclearly in like a very healed,
you know, head space.
But do you feel like after thathappened, like did you have
like a moment where you likefelt really lost or low or oh
yeah, 100%, and what did thatlook like for you, Like your
(39:24):
healing journey?
Just getting to where?
Because the woman you are nowis so inspiring and I've watched
you work really hard to becomeher, so I just you know, I'm
interested to hear what yourkind of healing journey looked
like.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
Oh, I mean a lot of mental therapy, like I did a lot
of.
I listened to a lot of podcasts.
One of them I love is Mindfulin Minutes After work.
All the time I put it on andyou know I put my candles on and
whatnot, but I feel like thatreally.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
Like a mood setter.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
A mood setter, I set the mood you know, I'm a very
spiritual person and I believethat healing, self healing and
self worth is everything to me.
And so right now that doing themeditations, you know also
music has healed me a lot too.
I love music, I love DJs, goingto, you know, see different
(40:23):
shows, but music is veryspiritual to me, like it's
healed me and my, it's healed mysoul and like knowing, and my
friends, my family, like all you, everyone has been there,
everybody that has been therefor me.
I I appreciate every, everysingle one of them.
Speaker 3 (40:39):
Is there one song?
They know who they are.
Is there like one song that gotyou through?
Speaker 2 (40:42):
No.
Speaker 3 (40:43):
I don't.
I mean, I feel like music.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
No, not no, no, no, there is.
There's some songs that Ireally like, but I feel like for
me it's more so like it's likeGod's listening and he puts
people in your life and like Ijust remember walking into
places and like this was not acoincidence.
Like this person just randomlyhugged me Like like I don't know
(41:05):
, it's like I just felt hispresence and I just knew that
you know being close to God andhas helped me.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Yeah, that's awesome.
You're big into likemanifesting too, right Cause,
like I think you said something,cause Roger and I are both huge
into it.
Speaker 3 (41:22):
It's a.
Thing.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I would literally close my eyes places and I, if I
felt something, I would justfeel it, and I would just
embrace it.
And then I would come back andlike I'll have to tell you about
a story about me on a yacht.
Like I manifested going to likeMiami on New Years and at that
(41:45):
time I had my deed was expired,so and you know you couldn't go
on a plane and all that.
But I manifested it and I goton that on a private jet.
My friend, she like messaged meand she's like hey, you need to
come and I'm like I can't, myID's expired.
I said, but I manifested it andI want this.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
I want to go.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
I even told my clients and they were like, well
, you're not going because youridea.
I was like I know, but I got acall later and she's like dude,
you don't need your ID, justcome.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
Someway, someway.
Speaker 2 (42:17):
And I went and I remember that feeling.
I was like this is crazy.
I've been manifesting this inNew Years and my mom couldn't
believe it.
So I had to call her and she'slike she was like this is crazy,
like the things that you putyourself in.
But yeah, like there's thingsthat I feel like I've manifested
in my life that, and I think,especially my business you know
(42:39):
that I'm thankful for and it'samazing.
Speaker 3 (42:42):
Well, do you talk about like working on your
mental health right, and youtalk about how important it is
to you.
Do you feel like your trustbeing messed with in your love
life ever affected your trust inbusiness?
Speaker 2 (42:58):
Yes, a little bit, I feel like.
Speaker 3 (43:01):
Because there's a bridge there, right.
Speaker 2 (43:02):
Yes, I feel like some times with him.
I get people.
You know, the people that youlove, the people that you think
you love you most.
Speaker 3 (43:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:11):
Are the ones that hurt you.
Speaker 3 (43:12):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
Are the ones that hurt you, and knowing that I
could be hurt by someone that Ilove, tested everything.
But when I look at my mom andmy family, like they're my like
core and like.
I just looked past that and I'mlike you know what.
(43:35):
I gotta pay attention to thepeople that are there for me,
that are amazing, and someonethat's gonna be look at me like
100%, not put 20% in my life.
I don't need that.
I don't need a half-assedperson in my life.
(43:57):
I knew in business as well.
If you're not gonna give me 50or I'm not 50, 100% I'm not
gonna be a part of it.
I rather not.
I've been through so much thatand just like everybody in my
work ethic, like I've paid mydues and I just ask for a little
(44:19):
bit of respect.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
I mean, I feel like I've watched it too, as Nancy's
career has kind of progressedand I've watched her receive
more and more.
I feel like the vultures havekind of been out after you, or
it's just because you're such alight.
I feel like everyone wants tobe around you and sees you being
successful.
I've really watched people.
I feel like try to take thingsfrom Nancy.
Speaker 3 (44:42):
You gotta be careful, it's weird.
I've had it happen, especiallywhen I'm selling you right now.
Speaker 2 (44:48):
You know, it's like people think that they own you,
even in like relationships theyown you.
I'm gonna put her here and I'mgonna stick her in this little
box, but I'm not gonna let herout until I say and then it's
just necessarily, it could be inanything, in relationships and
whatnot but, I just knew I don'twanna be in that box and I
(45:11):
refuse to do it.
And after a while you get to apoint where you're like no like,
why Like?
Why me Like?
Why do I have to sacrifice mylife and my dreams for what Like
?
At what cost?
So I took it upon myself to,you know, look at life
differently and, you know, gofor my dreams and yeah, Do you
(45:36):
feel like we ask everyone this?
Speaker 1 (45:38):
but I mean you're kind of in the Austin scene.
You have a lot of clients whoare in the scene.
You know a lot of people inAustin.
Do you ever hear like any likemisconceptions about yourself,
like good or bad?
Speaker 3 (45:51):
Because I mean yes and no Very good misconceptions,
for sure I learned that fromMatthew, who was on here.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
He was like there's good ones and I think oh, no,
I've heard good things, I'veheard negative and honestly I
don't care Like.
Speaker 3 (46:05):
I hear you.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
I don't care, I really don't, yeah, because if I
did I wouldn't be where I wasat, I would have let those
things attack.
But I feel like sometimes youjust gotta, like, you know, let
it disperse, it's all the noise.
I just brush it off, you know,and try again, Like I just keep
going and I don't look back atthe negative.
(46:27):
I don't anyone that saysanything negative about me, like
I'm like okay, you know,because I have a lot of love to
give and I know who I am and Iknow my worth and I know what I
feel for people like, especiallypeople that didn't mind share,
like I care about everyone and Ihave a big heart, like I said,
like I come from a family likedidn't raise me to be
(46:48):
disrespectful to someone orwhatnot.
But you know, if you disrespectme, I will.
I will say something, you knowI'm not gonna just sit around
and let people like bully me,and I think that's the thing is
like I feel like a lot of peoplelike would see me, like oh,
little Nancy this and littleNancy that, and it's like, yeah,
like I'm not little, I have aheart.
(47:09):
I do believe, just like you andlike you know, together we can
like expand, like all of us,like we can all grow.
Speaker 3 (47:18):
But silence is power when you have receipts.
Silence is power when you havereally a great sense of
community, when you have familybacking you and really knowing
that person that you are.
So I think that's veryimportant right, Like I'm sure
that sets you up to stand onthat stage a lot brighter and
let your light shine, becauseyou know for a fact you are
(47:38):
standing right where you shouldbe.
Speaker 2 (47:40):
Yes, yes, definitely.
It's definitely helped me,especially within you know this
career and now you know I'm Ilaunched it and it's definitely
been a blessing.
Speaker 3 (47:54):
Well, those are your receipts.
Right Like your receipts isyou've gone from level to level.
Speaker 2 (47:57):
Oh, yes, 100%, and you've helped.
Speaker 3 (47:59):
How many people, from each person, from your chair to
your, to the next oneappointment to the next right,
exactly.
So it's like no one can comefor you when you're like, hey,
wait, let me show you.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Yeah, like the days that I left Tony and Guy and
places where I worked at like Idid hair for Alzheimer's people
with.
Alzheimer's Days.
I left there.
There was hard times, therewere days where I wanted to give
up and I was like, do I evenwant to do this?
Like people were mean to me,and not only that.
Like I was like, yes, they wereso mean to me, I don't know,
(48:33):
and I tried my hardest.
I'm like why you know why me?
Speaker 3 (48:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
You know, I, my sister, I remember leaving the
Alzheimer's place.
I got fired there.
You know why?
Because I was too nice.
Speaker 1 (48:45):
What To those people?
Speaker 2 (48:47):
I had a lady say you know what she was.
She's like you need to be moremean to them.
That's terrible.
They won't listen and I said no, like I'm not going to be mean
to them.
Speaker 3 (48:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:57):
Like I have.
No, that is not.
There's no way.
That's not mean, it's not meanand so when she told me to leave
, I left crying my sister.
She held me that day.
Sorry, it's like so crazybecause she, my sister is
amazing.
Speaker 3 (49:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:09):
But yeah, she like.
Speaker 3 (49:11):
Shout out to Bigsit.
Speaker 2 (49:12):
She held me and she said, nancy, like you're going
to be, you're going to havesomething great in your life.
And like it's going to beamazing and I love you so much
and just get up.
Get up, and so anytime I hadlike bad, bad tribulations,
there was my sister.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
That's so beautiful Cause I feel like all you need
sometimes is just that oneperson to believe in you.
And it sounds like that wasyour sister for you.
Yeah, and I've been on thephone with you before and your
sister was with you and I wasgoing through a hard time and
you were talking me through itand you, I think in that moment
you really helped me find myfaith again.
Speaker 2 (49:52):
You know, yeah, no, I remember you were very shook up
and I just remember feelinglike I'm a Cassandra, please,
and don't like I just everythingthat I had in me.
I wanted to express it to youso you can like get past
whatever tribulation you weregoing through.
But, yeah, and you know, withthat being said, you know, going
through these hardship and jobs, I took all that and I was like
(50:18):
, okay, I'm going to make thisand I'm going to run with it and
I'm going to push myself to the, to the limits.
Hey, and if I, you know it iswhat it is Like, you know I
wanted to like push it and nowI'm here.
So I'm thankful that I did that, because if I didn't, then I
would be back.
Speaker 3 (50:37):
You talk about those misconceptions and you push into
the limit.
What's the next exciting thingthat you have on your docket
that you're pumped for orlooking forward to?
Speaker 2 (50:46):
Yeah, no, well I'm.
I'm working on a project rightnow.
It's a fashion show here inAustin.
Speaker 3 (50:52):
In Austin.
What?
Speaker 2 (50:53):
Yes, yes, here in Austin I'm putting together.
Speaker 3 (50:56):
When is this?
Speaker 2 (50:57):
For when is it?
Speaker 3 (50:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (50:59):
It's March 30th.
Speaker 3 (51:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (51:01):
Mark your calendar because it's exciting.
I'm putting a lot of work intoit.
Speaker 3 (51:05):
Good for you.
Speaker 2 (51:07):
It's taking a lot of work, but I'm I'm all for a
challenge and yeah, I've already, you know, set the date and
it's going to be at RainaRooftop.
Speaker 3 (51:16):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (51:17):
A little Miami vibe, I figured, why not?
You know I've been going tofashion shows here and there.
I went to Miami and like I gotinspired because, you know,
doing hair extensions, I feellike not all everybody sees what
I see.
Like, when these girls leave,what I see it's like, it's this
feeling of like confidence.
(51:39):
So I wanted to put this fashionshow together and, you know,
get some of my clients and havethem.
You know, wear the Nancy Curlthat I've been doing and working
on.
Speaker 3 (51:51):
Oh, we got a curl name.
The curl name, the Nancy Curl.
Speaker 2 (51:55):
Yeah, so I definitely am excited about it because you
know my clients are going to bewearing you know this curl and
walking the runway at a rooftophere.
Speaker 3 (52:06):
That is awesome.
I mean, can guys attend, Likeokay, yes, actually we have a
lot of guys coming.
Speaker 2 (52:13):
Yes, you definitely don't want to miss it, but I
feel like I want you knowentrepreneurs, everyone come.
Like.
I was literally just at Skimsand the girl was like can I come
?
I was like, yes, come.
Speaker 3 (52:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
Yes, she's like okay, we're all going to go.
Speaker 3 (52:27):
I'm a DM you, so I could get a ticket, yeah.
Speaker 1 (52:28):
I am.
It's such a good networkingevent For sure.
You have a lot of friendscoming up, Like everybody
including you came to make 288JiangINGs a bunch of people, and
if you're looking at otherdiverseippers, you get people to
come up and at least after thisevent if you are actually-
negoing this virtual like youhave had a great meeting with
new people that you call rightnow and you would hang out with
other partners.
(52:48):
You think you're going to meetjust on your own.
So it's great to get a hillsongback and it's for our clients
to have this to go to growingupperclassmen.
Of course, you would have a lotof guests who want you to give
high training at home or Italian, men I just like anything
that's not from here.
Speaker 3 (53:03):
Okay, that's fair.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
Well, I do.
I mean, my last boyfriend wasCaucasian.
Speaker 3 (53:08):
I'm not gonna say you know?
Speaker 2 (53:09):
But I know I'm open to Caucasians, what not?
But I tend to attract men fromdifferent countries.
Speaker 3 (53:15):
Yeah, do your thing I mean.
Speaker 2 (53:17):
I love it.
It's just honestly, they justtreat you differently.
Speaker 1 (53:22):
Yeah, I just mean, like what you, if you are
already like providingeverything for yourself, like
kind of like, what do you expecta guy to bring to the table?
Cause I had someone ask me thisthe other day and I had to
start thinking about it myself.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
Well, I will one first things.
First is to have empathy, havepatience and just you know you
don't have to make all thismoney Like I don't look for that
, that's not what I.
I mean, everybody's tends to belike, oh, I want a sugar baby
and all this stuff, or sugardaddy.
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Sugar daddy, sugar daddy.
Speaker 2 (53:59):
I'm like I don't need that.
I don't need that.
I don't want that.
I'm like have you had offers?
I have had offers.
I've had a lot of offers andyou know what?
Is it?
Austin or Miami?
Men, Austin, Miami, anywhere,Like they just oh, I'll take
care of you, you don't have towork.
I don't want that.
That's not what I want.
Speaker 3 (54:15):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (54:16):
It doesn't strict my ego, I'm fine, I'm good, I'm
good on that.
I'm more of like the type ofperson you know I love, like I.
If I like someone, you'll knowabout it.
You know, I don't just date todate.
Yeah, that's me.
I don't date to date and that'swhy I'm single.
(54:38):
So I mean, if I see someonethat I like that has potential,
you know you'll, I'll probablybe talking to them for a while.
You know, I'm getting to knowthem because right now, like is
what I'm seeing is like afriendship is so important to me
in a person and like Isometimes rather have them in
the friend zone and see where itgoes and then, if not like
(55:01):
unless they're on the same pageas me, we get to know each other
.
But this whole, like you know,casual sex thing.
Speaker 1 (55:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (55:10):
No.
All right, you heal the way, somy time, like I have too much
things to worry about, and youknow I have my.
I mean, you know I have to givemy attention to the people that
do love me, the people thatlove me.
So if that person's just takingfrom me, what is there gonna be
left for?
Like there's gonna, my mind'sgonna be all over the place and
(55:31):
I'm not gonna be a hundredpercent in my in my craft.
Speaker 3 (55:35):
So where you heal the loan right.
So that makes sense becauseremember there are people that
heal through dating.
Yes and that's whichever wayyou choose.
Like you understand yourself,and I think that's very
important.
That brings probably even morevalue to your relationships,
because you know exactly whatyou do and don't like, yeah,
which you will and won't settlefor.
Exactly and it also sounds likesince that last relationship,
(55:58):
you don't select the same wayanymore.
Speaker 2 (56:00):
Oh, no, yeah, Not at all.
I'm like, what was I thinking?
Yeah, you know, I'm I was oldNancy.
Speaker 1 (56:08):
Yeah that's all do you have like a hard time dating
in Austin um?
Speaker 2 (56:14):
I mean yes, yes, you know, and also because I have to
keep things very classy, like Idon't like to date you know I.
Don't know.
I find that I don't Connectwith a lot of people here so far
.
I mean in the ones that I do.
You know we're divorced or, youknow had kids or something.
(56:38):
You know they're older and likethey're not ready for something
serious and you know I don'thave time for that.
So, and when I'm working allthe time I don't have time to
like be on my phone and datelike I.
That's why when I went to otherplaces I was able to meet
people, because when I'm onvacation I Go on dates or
(56:58):
whatnot and the next thing, youknow like they like me.
But then there's, like you know, hardships.
Speaker 1 (57:03):
So I think dating is like a full-time job.
Oh yeah, because I heard thisthing.
It was like maybe you wouldn'tbe single if you were putting as
much effort into dating as youknow.
You are in your career orsomething else.
Oh yeah, and I'm like shit,like I need to take that advice.
Speaker 2 (57:18):
So sometimes, when you focus on that, it doesn't
come to you.
No, you're right, I don't evenfocus like I don't even know.
Like the last time I, like,went out and was like, oh my god
, who's what cute guys are here.
Yeah, I don't care like it'slike be in the present.
Mm-hmm like I.
I learned like before I wasn'tliving in the present, like I
(57:40):
felt like I was my phone, doingall these things with my phone.
Now it's like no, put yourphone down, let's connect
one-on-one and you know, letlife come to you.
You know God's gonna bring himin your life regardless.
He has a plan already for you.
You just don't know it, likehe's written it all out.
But you, you fight up, fightagainst it and you surpass that.
(58:04):
And I feel like people do that.
They're like oh no, but I'mgonna do this, I'm gonna find
this and I'm like, no, let itcome to you, because Every man
that I have really connected ona deeper level, I, I'm not gonna
lie like it's come to me, ithas and and Dating apps.
I'm not gonna lie like I havebeen on him.
I've met some cool people and I, you know, recently, I'm kind
(58:28):
of Seeing where something goeswith something.
But okay you know I'm just goingwith it.
You know I'm not like puttingmyself good for you, congrats.
Yeah, but it's If it, you know,let's see where it goes.
Speaker 1 (58:42):
But I'm not going to just put everything Out there
and not you know yeah, well, Ithink that's what's really cool
too Is because Roger's likereally spearheading these events
in Austin with the dating appcalled Thursday, which I was
telling you about, and the onething I do like about this
dating app is it's like meetingpeople organically in person,
(59:04):
right, yeah so then it's like ifyou went there and showed up
and your person's meant to bethere, Then they'd be there, but
you're not looking at a pieceof glass or a phone Sweat thing.
Speaker 3 (59:13):
You know you can only use it one day.
Speaker 2 (59:15):
Yeah, further than that, are you telling me to go?
No, not even like.
Speaker 3 (59:19):
We do want you.
Speaker 1 (59:20):
Yeah, I do want to go with you to one Like eventually
, if you'll go with me, becauseI feel like it'd be fun for us
just to see what's going on.
Speaker 3 (59:27):
But haven't you ever like match with somebody and
then they can do the textingall-star, yeah like, if I do
that, we're FaceTiming I.
Exactly.
I'm FaceTiming but you meetwith them in person, you're like
yeah, how, you really are notas deep as I thought.
Speaker 2 (59:42):
Yeah, I have to have deep connections, like deep
conversations, like because thisis what I want people to
understand, like once this isgone Aesthetically of course
what's there?
Yeah and the guy that I dated.
He wasn't the cutest like Iknow that for a fact, but I
loved him for who he was, forsure, and I valued him as a
(01:00:02):
person.
I'm not looking for the mosthottest guy.
I'm looking for my best friendand someone that's gonna like,
take me, take me on this journeywith, be on this journey with
me, but also respect me alongthe way.
That's all you're.
So me, my soulmate.
Speaker 1 (01:00:16):
Yeah, you don't want a boyfriend.
Speaker 2 (01:00:18):
I'm okay with being single.
Right now I'm having a greattime just working on myself and
it's a beautiful thing.
It's a great path.
That God's journey on andjourney.
Yeah, I'm, I couldn't complaingood for you.
Speaker 1 (01:00:30):
Yeah, well, that's so beautiful.
I'm so glad we got to hear yourstory and we're gonna have him
bow your fashion show and makesure people go to it.
Speaker 2 (01:00:41):
We're doing $6,000 worth in.
Yeah, I says that's crazy.
I have to talk about thatbecause this is something for
entrepreneurs, all theentrepreneurs out there.
All my girls are.
We're all coming together.
I have my girl, crystal Paris.
She's doing lashes, alexandra'sdoing spray tans, I have Erica
(01:01:01):
wants to do in filler and Botox.
But, yeah, we're gonna begiving away a lot of prizes so
people can raffle.
Do a raffle and see.
See where it goes.
Speaker 3 (01:01:12):
I'm gonna.
I want to get myself anextension, so I'm gonna be doing
a giveaway, yeah.
I'm gonna.
Speaker 1 (01:01:17):
I'm getting one guys, I take care, do that stuff like
the Botox and Incare, and I'mall for that side of it, you
know.
Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
I just saw a friend of mine on his story on
Instagram he just posted that hewas getting Botox.
Speaker 2 (01:01:31):
I was like good for you dude, I'm telling you it's,
it's a thing here?
Speaker 1 (01:01:35):
Yeah, don't you?
I respect him and that getsBotox.
Yeah, just take care ofyourself.
Speaker 2 (01:01:39):
You know I I do skincare for guys and I always
tell them, like, take care ofyour skin.
Speaker 1 (01:01:45):
It's preventive, it's preventive and it's all love
for you guys too.
You guys have to love yourself.
Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
So I feel like it's good and, yeah, I think that's
why I'm doing this giveaway.
I wanted to be, like you know,something for everyone.
Like not everybody has themoney to to Afford these
extensions as well and I I feelbad.
Sometimes I'm like I want togive them away.
You know I want, but you know Ialso work.
It's a lot of work on me but,like I am, I do a giveaway every
(01:02:11):
now and then I'm I'm doing onefor a new winner, a new Client
and a pre-existent client.
So you have to tell you.
Speaker 1 (01:02:18):
So, roger like the price range.
Speaker 3 (01:02:20):
Yeah, I mean, I have.
I have zero clue for hairextensions zero clue like, how
much?
Speaker 2 (01:02:25):
how much do you think for one Like for what I have?
Because I have one row and Ihave to care.
Speaker 3 (01:02:30):
So you have a hair extension in right now.
Yes, I have one row of IBextensions if I had a guess,
like Give me a range with coloreverything, or just let's talk
about the extensions.
I'd probably say like $500.
Speaker 2 (01:02:45):
No, like a low, keep working Roger deposit.
That's probably like a littledeposit, no.
Speaker 3 (01:02:51):
Yeah, I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (01:02:52):
Yeah, it ranges just the minimal is like 700 and then
it goes up to 3000 for hairextensions.
Yeah, no color not includingcolor, not including install.
Speaker 3 (01:03:03):
Yeah so.
Yeah how long do they?
Speaker 1 (01:03:06):
guys need to pay for the first date.
Speaker 3 (01:03:08):
Yeah, how long do they last?
Speaker 2 (01:03:10):
They last a year the hair just last a year but, the
maintenance is over two months.
Speaker 3 (01:03:14):
But yeah got it.
Speaker 2 (01:03:15):
It's a great Investment for someone that
wants you know their hair to belong, and then they could do so
many things yeah, you couldstill watch it.
Put it up in a ponytail.
Speaker 3 (01:03:26):
That's an appropriate investment, if that's what you
want very seamless that, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 2 (01:03:30):
Yeah, do you wanna see?
I really don't care.
I show everybody I'll be youfeel so beautiful?
Speaker 1 (01:03:35):
It really does.
Where can people go to stalkyou like your personal Social if
you want to give it out, oryour business for hair extension
when they find Nancy G Reese?
Speaker 2 (01:03:46):
Nancy G Reese, they can go stalk me there.
I'm about to put my I think I'mprivate, but Business only
noticeable impressions.
Yes, that's where you can findme.
I am on South Congress InAustin, texas, and I've read a
booth in Miami part-time, so I'min Miami every two months if
(01:04:08):
you need anything, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:04:11):
I'm high city.
Speaker 1 (01:04:12):
Yeah, I love my oh.
Eventually we've got to getinvolved with Nancy where we can
do some kind of podcast, giveaway with her like network to
get oh, yes or something.
Speaker 3 (01:04:21):
Yeah and and it sounds like to I mean the same
way you're supporting smallbusiness owners.
I love large business ownerslike that's, that's gonna be
impactful for that giveaway orsomething that maybe coordinate
together.
Speaker 2 (01:04:33):
Yeah, I would love to anything that's gonna help,
especially awesome $6,000 ingiveaways.
Yes, we want people to havelike the luxury and just feel
good about themselves and I'mlike why not Austin?
Speaker 1 (01:04:47):
community, which is so cool.
It's hard to find I know, and Igotta let Roger close it out.
Yes, because he wasn't herelast week and I had to do it by
myself and I was like what thefuck is going on?
Speaker 3 (01:04:57):
She did her solo episode.
No, I'm amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:05:00):
I have seen her like blossoms.
She doesn't even need help.
Speaker 3 (01:05:06):
I'm sorry, roger, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:05:07):
Roger, you're amazing , honestly, like the duals are
really awesome.
I like it.
I've been watching you guys inflorist and I I'm very happy to
have you guys been.
You know, Absolutely on this,yeah absolutely.
Speaker 3 (01:05:19):
I think we're definitely happy to have you
here, thankful for you to bevulnerable, open in ways that
I'm sure people thought theyknew you, but now they get to
know a little bit more the realyou, and we're excited for next
week's episode and we wanteverybody to come back because
this is the only place wherethey know it's going down going
down in the lobby.
Speaker 1 (01:05:40):
I think the funniest line too is I'm always like it's
going down, but our podcastwill take you up.
I can't wait for our stickers.
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