Meet Zoya Ghamari

I was born and raised in the war-torn country of Iran. As a girl,
I dreamed of a life of adventure, a life where I could make an impact – one where I wasn’t limited by being a woman in a culture that sees women as less than men. So at the age of 17,
I left my family and moved to the US to chase my dreams.

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It wasn’t easy, but I saw an opportunity to make a life for myself by enrolling in beauty school. It was never my plan or my dream to become a stylist – there was no hidden desire, dream, or talent. I just needed a way to support myself.

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It wasn’t until a traumatic experience in my 20’s led me to start losing my hair that I discovered my real passion. When my hair started falling out, I felt like I lost a piece of myself – like my identity had been stolen from me.

I tried everything. I would drive for hours to visit doctors, but nothing seemed to work. I was at a really low place, and I was feeling hopeless. I had been applying extensions to my own clients, but I was hesitant to try them myself – I didn’t want to lose the hair I had left. When I discovered for myself that expertly applied premium extensions wouldn’t further damage my hair, everything changed.

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I looked in the mirror and I saw me again. I felt like the emotional roller coaster was finally over, and my job as a stylist changed too. Until that day, I had pursued my career just because I thought it gave me a path to financial independence. But what I realized is that I had the opportunity to make other women feel just like I did that day – feminine, beautiful, and powerful. I had found my purpose.

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I opened Zoya Salon with that same mission – I want to help women like you who struggle with hair loss, thinning hair, or just not feeling like the way they look on the outside represents who they really are.

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So who am I? I’m a lot of things – I’m a former fitness competitor, a dog mom, and a believer in constant self-improvement. I’m a neat freak and a perfectionist (I can’t STAND clutter).

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