Who Makes Life Essentials Great? Our Gifted Staff!

Cassandra Marinez (Cass) grew up in Southern California riding horses, competing, playing club volleyball, and competitive cheerleading. Cass then moved to Oklahoma where she received her Cosmetology & Master Instructors License. She was the assistant instructor at Pontotoc Technology Center in Ada Oklahoma and also studied psychology with a concentration in services to the deaf and rehabilitation at East Central University. Finally heading back to California and receiving her diploma in film & television, print, and special effects makeup at Makeup Designory in Burbank California. Cass stayed in California working in LA and Las Vegas in the hair and makeup industry before finally making her way to Steamboat Springs!

 

Cass became a member of Steamboat Dance Theatre finding friends who are now considered family. Cass helped create a Polynesian Dance group called Hokunani Hula who performs all over Steamboat during the summertime. Most of her free time is spent with her family at kid’s hockey games, horse shows and you can also find her dancing with the Hokunani Hula group,

Coral comes to Steamboat from Chicago where she grew up and went to The Theatre School at Depaul University. She studied costume design and wig making which eventually took her to New York to make hats in Harlem for a number of years. 

 

When she returned to Chicago, she and her business partner opened a salon where they began making wigs for local theater and working as hairstylists! Coral later began training to become a birth doula and she is completing her postpartum doula training this summer. 

 

Since moving to Steamboat she has found a new love for hiking with her dog, Bruce Springsteen. Fun Fact, Coral’s full name is Coral Gable. She was named after Coral Gables, FL because her mother figured nobody would ever forget her name. 

Email her to book hairstyling at [email protected]