NEW WORK:: GRAY: Editorial-Pitch-11

Chandra Garcia, Chicago Public School Teacher, 50.“I am known for my gray hair. During the strikes last year, it was ‘Just look for Garcia’s hair’ It became a marker for me. I find now that I’m 50 I know who I am. In my 20s all I cared about was everyone else, 30s, more balanced, by my 40s, it was like, fuck it. 50s, kids are off to college and I can be who I want to be. At 50 I have free time and it’s amazing to have it again. People talk about a mid-life crisis: Please, I’m having a renaissance! This hair is part of it. Part of the freedom.”I have never dyed my hair. I had a streak of gray as far back as high school. And it wasn’t salt and pepper hair, no. I had full strands of gray. People thought I was doing it on purpose, but it’s just my hair.”

Chandra Garcia, Chicago Public School Teacher, 50. 

“I am known for my gray hair. During the strikes last year, it was ‘Just look for Garcia’s hair’ It became a marker for me. I find now that I’m 50 I know who I am. In my 20s all I cared about was everyone else, 30s, more balanced, by my 40s, it was like, fuck it. 50s, kids are off to college and I can be who I want to be. At 50 I have free time and it’s amazing to have it again. People talk about a mid-life crisis: Please, I’m having a renaissance! This hair is part of it. Part of the freedom.” 

I have never dyed my hair. I had a streak of gray as far back as high school. And it wasn’t salt and pepper hair, no. I had full strands of gray. People thought I was doing it on purpose, but it’s just my hair.”