It was a long and challenging journey to the barber chair. Fox is now helping others overcome their hardships to launch their cutting careers.
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For Fox, it all started in Chicago.
"I was homeless at the time and cutting hair and that is how I was able to eat," Fox said. "I went from not knowing where I was going to get my next meal to sleeping in my car."
Fox said it is humbling to go from homelessness to being in a position to help.
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He is paying it forward through the Wahl Clipper Corporation's Fade it Forward program, which supplies at-risk students from Chicago with scholarships and mentorship programs to give them a start in the barbering Industry where they can make a living and set an example In their neighborhoods.
Sebastian Moore is a Wahl scholarship recipient who is ready to do just that.
"Most times there isn't opportunity in your comfort zone. You have to grow. For a bird to fly you have to jump out of the nest. There is a possibility that you may fall but you have to flap your wings super hard," Moore said.