I am the Main Charactor™ of my own story — a powerful Latina woman, mother, daughter, wife, entrepreneur, and leader. My life has been a journey of passion, artistry, heartbreak, resilience, and unstoppable tenacity. From ballet stages and fashion runways in New York City to classrooms and salon floors in North Dakota, my path has never been ordinary. I was a professional dancer and choreographer, the founder of the Bronx’s first modeling agency at 17, and a stylist who learned the craft with my own two hands long before textbooks ever guided me.

 

I have endured judgment, betrayal, envy, and schemes meant to strip me of my crown. My honesty has been misinterpreted. My authenticity has been targeted. My uniqueness has been envied. My words — my truth — have even been stolen and twisted, used as weapons against me in rooms where power was held by others. For too long, I was silenced. But every attempt to break me only made me stronger, wiser, and more dangerous in my purpose.

​I took the venom and turned it into fuel. I rewrote the script. And that is why I am — and will always be — the Main Charactor™. When I founded Hair Society Institute of Cosmetology, I earned not just respect but also enemies — people who wanted to skip the hard work, tear down what I built, and claim a crown that was never theirs. They plotted, they schemed, they tried to rewrite my story. But there has only ever been one Main Charactor™ — and that is me.

 

Today, that chapter has transformed into a new era. Hair Society Institute has been reborn and rebranded as Main Charactor™ Beauty Academy — a name and movement that reflects strength, resilience, and transformation. This is not just a school, it is a revolution in beauty education. Here, students don’t just learn a craft — they discover their voice, claim their crown, and rewrite their life’s script.

 

This Academy is not just a place of learning. It is a symbol of strength. A sanctuary where broken pieces are reforged into wholeness. A runway for lost voices to find their sound. A stage for every student to claim their own crown, step into their spotlight, and rewrite their life’s script.

 

To my students: thank you for choosing this movement, this family, this rebellion against mediocrity. Thank you for trusting me with your dreams. I will mentor you, fight for you, and lift you higher than you’ve ever been lifted. I am the living proof that what was meant to destroy you can become the very thing that fuels your rise.

 

I was silenced, but I found my voice again — and now I speak from my throne, one I earned through endurance, grit, and vision. Education and creativity are my divine gifts, and my mission is to pass them on. Together, we are rewriting what it means to be unstoppable.

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​     Leticia Kirkwood

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