KYLE — Kayla Sanchez decided to try out “lashing” nearly three years ago. After going through a two-week test period, it just clicked: this is what her career was meant to be. “It was my mom who was like, ‘You should do this as a backup, just in case,’” said Sanchez, who participated in the Lehman H...

By Kim Hilsenbeck O n Halloween, students in the Hays High cosmetology program were practicing their make-up skills. Mannequin heads around the room seemed to peer down on the students, all wearing black smocks, black pants and closed-toe black shoes. Two rooms, a salon with workstations on one side...