Today we have with us Octavia Hooks, Founder and President of Octavia’s Natural Hair Care Experience.

Octavia’s Natural Hair Care Experience is a salon with a purpose — a unique salon that will encourage and motivate social change — a salon that will inspire a movement: the Green and Natural movement..  The Green and Natural movement is the salon’s public awareness campaign.  This multifaceted movement is a grass-roots call to action to impact social, economic and environmental change in Chicago’s Southland community by working to expand its livable communities – healthy, safe and walkable environments that offer timely transportation to schools, jobs, services and basic needs.

About Octavia Hooks

Octavia Hooks is the founder of Octavia’s Natural Hair Care Experience. Hooks is a licensed Barber and a Certified Lock stylist with over 10 years of experience in caring for and maintain natural hair.  In addition, Hooks is a certified LEED Green Associate and has a Master’s degree specializing in the management of non-profit and government organizations and certificate in Leadership and Sustainability Management.

To learn more about Octavia and the green hair care movement, visit her site at OctaviasNaturalHair.com

Donna Gunter

Donna Gunter is an international best-selling author, host of Main Street Mavericks radio, founder of a boutique digital marketing firm, Fresh Ideas Marketing, and publisher of lead generation books for entrepreneurs at BizSmart Publishing.She helps small business owners rejuvenate their marketing with innovative ideas and strategies positioning them for massive growth.

Donna Gunter

Donna Gunter is an international best-selling author, host of Main Street Mavericks radio, founder of a boutique digital marketing firm, Fresh Ideas Marketing, and publisher of lead generation books for entrepreneurs at BizSmart Publishing. She helps small business owners rejuvenate their marketing with innovative ideas and strategies positioning them for massive growth.