VANESSA GONZALEZ

Senior Stylist

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Vanessa has been in the industry for 15 years and graduated from cosmetology school in Sarasota, Florida. She has always loved the creativity behind creating color and cuts for clients. More than that, she loves the connection between a hair stylist and a client.  Vanessa wants a client to leave not only feeling beautiful from having a great new style, but to also walk away with the best customer service. 

Vanessa enjoys giving clients natural dimensional color that will last longer and grow out beautifully. Educating her clients so they can recreate their new styles at home is also her number one priority. Curly, straight, thick or thin, she loves it all and looks forward to working with everybody that sits in her chair.

Vanessa lives in Baltimore County where she is a mom to three beautiful girls. She isa a fitness junkie and thrives on movement. When she does finally slow down, she is an avid reader that also loves the outdoors and going on hikes regularly.  

HANNAH DAHLGREN

Junior Stylist

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After a successful career in the hospitality industry Hannah decided to make the switch to a more creative and fulfilling field, cosmetology! She graduated from Paul Mitchell The Temple earlier this year and has furthered her education by assisting directly under owner and master stylist, Amanda.

Hannah likes collaborating with her clients, making sure that they are confident in recreating their look at home. She enjoys blonding, balayage, and haircuts with movement.

She looks forward to enhancing her talents by pursuing classes in all new techniques and styles.

When not in the salon Hannah can be found entertaining friends in her home in Charles Village and exploring all of the amazing restaurants her neighborhood has to offer.

SARAH VERITY

Junior Stylist

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Sarah, always loving to create and work with her hands, took a sharp right turn from working in construction to cosmetology and can’t be happier with her decision. She graduated from Paul Mitchell, The Temple, earlier this year and has furthered her education by assisting directly under owner and master stylist, Amanda.

Sarah focuses on both achieving clients hair goals while also maintaining the health and integrity of their hair. She is a sucker for anything fun, like hand painting or bright colors, but specializes in bringing life to fine, limp hair through styling. 

She looks forward to becoming an expert stylist by gaining knowledge, experience,  and continuing education allowing her to perfect her craft.

When not obsessing over hair, Sarah is obsessing over her hairless cat, Boogie, hanging out with friends, going on adventures, creating fun hair and makeup looks, Netflix, fitness, and meditation.

JORDAN WILLIAMS

Junior Stylist

After graduation high school Jordan immediately went to college and found out after switching majors three or four times college wasn’t for her. The thought of hair school popped into her head and she started her journey to being a stylist. Jordan went to The Temple: Annapolis, graduated, got licensed, and then began the Ash + Oak Associate Program under Amanda, Beth, and Kasee. 

Jordan loves blonding + balayage, whether it’s super bright and beachy, or deep and dimensional. She also really enjoy our texture services and cutting. 

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When Jordan is not behind the chair she is still using her hands. She loves to draw, paint, velvet coloring pages, or anything crafty. She also loves doing makeup for any occasion as well as character makeup. In her down time she watches a ton of movies and tv shows, which has made her really good at knowing what movie any given song is in and she has to tell people or it drives her insane. 

MAGGI BERNSTEIN

Business Manager

Maggi started her career working behind the front desk at a salon in Bethesda, MD. She moved to Baltimore in 2016 and earned her bachelor’s degree in Geography and Environmental Studies at UMBC. Her goal is to bring sustainability and environmental consciousness into the beauty industry. She excels at customer service and strives to perfect the customer experience at the salon.

Maggi resides in Baltimore’s Westgate community with Val and their two dogs Enzo and Luna. She loves good food and live music. Maggi spends the majority of her time outside of work exploring the city.