Callie Velas

 


 

As a little girl, my mom would always take me with her to the hair salon. Since I loved playing with my own hair and other people’s hair, the running joke between the stylist and me was that I would take over her salon when she retired. As I got older, I decided to follow a different path, a college education and degree in psychology from Lehigh University.

 For the last 10 years, I worked in various office environments, most recently in the Development Office at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York. When my husband and I moved back to the Lehigh Valley in the summer of 2005, I decided to make a career change – to finally do what it is that I’ve always loved – hair. I enrolled at the Allentown School of Cosmetology (now The Vision Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School) in September 2005 and graduated in July 2006.

 I then joined Gadzooks as a Stylist Assistant to Mary Kilpatrick and Lauren Sauers and began my Apprenticeship with the salon.  I've since become a Stylist with the salon and enjoy the opportunity to bring exciting techniques and ideas to the clients in my chair.

I’m very excited to be a part of the Gadzooks team – an amazing group of people with exceptional talent.

 I look forward to meeting you soon!