Nelissa from Ghana started doing styling and make up from the age of 7. She even went to competitions to show her real talent.
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00:00My name is Nalisa Atiyogun.
00:04I do makeup, towel hair, nails, barbering.
00:13My profession means everything to me. I mean everything!
00:21I love creating more styles, like doing fantasy hairstyle, trying out new things.
00:30Some people just take me seriously, some people just don't take me seriously.
00:41I get bullied and criticized, but I always say, in the Lord we trust.
00:50My mom is a hairstylist, so whenever she's braiding someone, I love helping her.
00:55Sometimes her friends or clients come to the shop and say,
00:58this is your daughter, she should be a hairstylist.
01:01My mom is like, no, she should be a doctor or a lawyer.
01:04And she saw that interest in me, I want to be a hairstylist, so she helped me.
01:09I see myself in the next 10 years all over the world,
01:26opening shops in both Africa and internationally.
01:29My message to people in my age is, they should please study and take their books seriously.
01:42And parents, please help your children to explore what they have in them,
01:46as my mom did, because you are the future of the nation.