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'I Earned My Respect': Alexandria Woman Opens Barbershop Of Her Own 'I Earned My Respect': Alexandria Woman Opens Barbershop Of Her Own
'I Earned My Respect': Alexandria Woman Opens Barbershop Of Her Own Monica Dooley has only ever been the minority in her line of work. Both when she was an accountant, and now as a barber — no less, the owner of her own barbershop. She's never let it define her. She's only let it motivate her. "I made it my business to learn how to cut all textures of hair," Dooley told Daily Voice in a phone call. "Asian clients. Latino. Caucasian. Black. Any hair that sits in my chair." This summer, Dooley opened her own barbershop, Monica's Shear Images, located in a studio at the Salon Lofts — Waycroft Ballston, in Arlington. And she's looking forward to all…

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by Cecilia Levine