It’s Never Too Late to Start Over: From Healthcare Executive to Beauty School at 51

About this episode

Elaine Travis interviews Kelly Oliver about transitioning from a healthcare executive to a beauty school student at the age of 51.

What if starting over isn’t starting from scratch—but starting from experience? In this inspiring, real-talk episode of Ask the Color Expert, Elaine sits down with Kelly Oliver—a 51-year-old healthcare executive, fluent Japanese speaker, and beauty school student—to talk about what it really looks like to enter the beauty industry later in life. 🎓 Kelly shares how decades of life experience, curiosity, and discipline are shaping his journey through cosmetology school—and why being “behind” mi...

People in this episode

Host: Elaine Travis

Guest: Kelly Oliver

Topics covered

• starting over
• beauty industry
• cosmetology school
• life experience
• career change

Keywords

• starting over
• beauty school
• cosmetology
• career change
• life experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: beauty school, healthcare

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