Hailey was dope sick, vomiting blood, and running with gangsters. Today, she’s clean and giving back through haircuts and hope.

By age 13, Hailey was self-harming. At 16, she was living in a trap house, using meth and heroin, and hiding across the street from her mother’s school. Her addiction escalated to fentanyl, psychosis, and multiple stints in treatment. She once traded a 65-inch TV for a single pill. But when her body started rejecting the drugs, she knew she had to change — or die. Today, Hailey is a stylist, advocate, and founder of Haircuts for Hope. This is the story of how she made it out.

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Key Learning Points
👉 Childhood trauma and emotional isolation
👉 Meth, heroin, fentanyl, and psychosis
👉 The terrifying cycle of dope sickness
👉 Getting clean after relapse and juvenile detention
👉 How hairdressing and gardening became healing tools
👉 Grieving lost friends while staying clean
👉 Honoring ancestors and community through action

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