Born in Phoenix, Brenda has always had a passion for noticing and enhancing the beauty she saw in the world. As a young child, Brenda loved transforming Barbies with new wardrobes and hairstyles. She even enhanced their makeup with markers. In her teenage years, she would get inspired and try the makeup looks or beauty styles from magazines on herself, friends & family. She discovered her high school offered a cosmetology program. Naturally, she enrolled and the rest is history.