Erica was born and raised in Montauk, NY, she studied Fine Arts, earning her BFA with a concentration in Sculpture at SUNY New Paltz. After school she moved to Philadelphia, craving a more urban environment and went on to study at the Jean Madeline Aveda Institute. While finishing up her schooling she was invited to join the company and learned advanced techniques through their extensive mentoring. She also attended intensive color workshops such as balayage classes with Hubert Cartier of Fekkai fame, as well as globally recognized Lupe Voss and David Adams for classes on formulation and corrective color. After building her clientele and developing her own style, she enjoys using her creative background to make client’s color visions a reality. Her main focus is low maintenance, healthy hair mimicking the sun kissed beachy hair she grew up seeing on surfers all summer. She also enjoys providing fun color on adults that need to keep it age appropriate, joking that her clients are “rebels with a job”. As a Cezanne Artiste she is able to spread knowledge on a safe smoothing system that creates beautiful low maintenance hair for her clients. Sharing her knowledge and experiences with other hairstylists has become an important part of her career that continues to grow. She loves training new talent and sharpening her skills as well as traveling to teach the Cezanne Systems in salons all over. Meeting other stylists has invigorated her career and drive to continue to grow and keep learning herself. Her desire is to be rich with knowledge.