My name is Melinda Keener , @heymelindaK, and I’m from a small town in eastern NC. I’ve been behind the chair for 16 years and I was a salon owner for 10 of those.  I have a passion for precision cutting, product education, and mentoring/encouraging others. I’m a platform artist and educator for one of the newer product brands in our industry, Design.Me where I travel and talk…. a lot.  Now, I get the honor of bringing my own little Southern flavor to the Hanzo team!  While I love cutting all the hairs, sharing all of my visual and technical skills of cutting is what it’s all about for me.  I’m positive everyone will take away a good bit of knowledge and saying “y’all” by the end of every class I teach.