The San Jose Mercury News just did a piece about a woman who had a dream. Aude Andrade dreamed of being an elementary school teacher, but when she came to America from Mexico, her education was abruptly put on hold. She finally decided to go to beauty school and make a career for herself — a beauty career that she has worked in for more than 25 years. About a year ago she began working on her dream in a slightly modified version. She started teaching her cosmetology craft to aspiring students. And now, she’s opening her very own school — the Watsonville Institute of Cosmetology (Watsonville, Calif.) — where common cosmetology classes are taught in both English and Spanish.

I love these kinds of stories. Although Andrade didn’t do exactly what she set out to do all those years ago and ended up in a beauty career, she was able to take her original dream and turn it into reality down the road. She modified her beauty career into something more meaningful to her and is now passing down her knowledge to help those who aspire within the field of cosmetology.

Continuing with the fresh new start to a new year kind of theme, why not resolve to do something you love? It’s different for everyone, but maybe it’s modifying your current career by taking additional classes. Or maybe you want to start something completely different and more stable in a currently unstable economy. Whatever your reasoning may be, might 2009 be the year for you to make a big career decision? You’re the only one who can answer that for sure, but as I always say, go for it and make your dreams a reality!

-Amanda Fornecker

Tags: beauty career, career switch

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