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This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.
A industry partnership results in quarterly scholarship opportunities for beauty school students.

Minerva Beauty has partnered with Canvas ME to provide two beauty school scholarship opportunities to assist up‐and‐coming stylists with tuition, fees, and supplies. Each scholarship will be worth $2,500 and offered through Canvas ME in the Fall and Winter of 2021.
“We are excited to help up‐and‐coming stylists in the industry by offering two $2,500 scholarships through Canvas ME,” says Jeff Grissler, Director of Corporate Relations at Minerva Beauty. “Minerva Beauty is proud to partner with a platform that shares our same passion for growing the beauty industry through accessible education, student scholarships, and networking opportunities.”
Canvas ME is a platform created for beauty professionals that provides the ability to create beautiful portfolios, to grow, and to network with the industry’s best artists. With a major focus on business education, networking, and emotional intelligence, Canvas ME is a designated space that provides both cosmetology students and industry professionals the tools and opportunities they need to succeed.
“We are so honored to be working with an amazing company like Minerva Beauty who not only focuses on making great products but has set a commitment to impact lives,” says Jen Martinelli, Co‐Founder of Canvas ME. “We’ve seen the impact of Canvas ME Mentorship winners and the overwhelming emotions that come along with it and so we can’t wait to announce winners of this very empowering scholarship.”
If you’re a cosmetology student interested in applying for Minerva Beauty’s scholarship opportunities and/or want to learn more about Canvas ME, visit canvasme.com/opportunity‐ detail/minerva‐beauty‐minerva‐beauty‐scholarship‐2‐500. Simply create a Canvas ME portfolio and apply.
About Minerva Beauty, Inc. Founded in 2006, Minerva Beauty manufactures and distributes salon and spa equipment to the beauty industry. With the largest salon and spa equipment showroom in the world, Minerva offers an incredible selection of styling stations and chairs, shampoo systems, dryers and dryer chairs, pedicure chairs, manicure tables, stools and carts, skin care equipment, and more. Minerva is committed to delivering equipment with fine craftsmanship, value and affordability to the beauty industry and has equipment in over 175,000 salons and spas worldwide.
About Canvas ME: Founded in 2018, Canvas ME is the beauty industries first and only portfolio & recruitment company. Starting at the cosmetology school level, Canvas ME empowers beauty students to humanize themselves beyond the word doc resume through digital portfolios that allow them to upload videos, imagery and sync social channels. Through Canvas ME’s wholistic approach for connecting artists and business owners, beauty businesses and brands can post life changing opportunities that humanize the industry through video and imagery. Applicants can then apply with a click of a button catering to the on‐demand, Gen Z market. Canvas ME provides a space that beauty professionals deserve; A platform that truly represents the industry’s talented artists and provides the tools necessary to be smarter, stronger, and more determined than ever to live out the best career and life.

This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.

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