Jen Davis Alexander, PhD, mentioned she all the time was intrigued by science, however her first job in highschool was when she found the world of skincare.

“I used to be into each skincare product and beauty product. I labored at CVS and I feel I had each product I may get my fingers on. So I have been into skincare way back to I can bear in mind,” she mentioned. “I wish to say I ‘nerd out’ on the pores and skin. It is such an intricate system. It’s such a fragile system but it protects us. It is the primary approach that we really feel secure once we come into the world that our mother communicates with us, with the pores and skin contact. It is so many issues, it speaks to us when there’s one thing happening internally. And it speaks to us when there’s one thing happening in our exterior world. And so it is simply fascinating to me.”

As one of many few Black girls to earn a PhD in beauty science, Alexander has been on a mission to unfold the phrase.

“To be the second Black particular person to have a PhD in beauty science in 2010… it was simply a kind of issues that I used to be very happy with, but additionally it motivated me to begin speaking to individuals about my life and to begin speaking to individuals about my profession selections and in regards to the beauty science program. And actually exposing it as a result of I feel that it’s underexposed. I feel that it is not about whether or not individuals are , I feel it is that folks do not find out about it. And so, it motivated me to change into a mentor.”

Quick ahead 10-plus years, Alexander mentioned her three youngsters have impressed her to be a greater scientist.