Meet Our Team

Vibrant, expressive and energetic, Mary proudly took over as Mira's owner in April 2024. Having been apart of Mira for almost 10 years, she was ready and excited for this next step. She’s ready for anyone who walks through our doors and sets the tone for a great visit. For Mary, even the smallest interactions matter. She sees each exchange as an opportunity to learn about someone and make a connection.

Being of service, leading from the heart and with intention is the highest priority for Mary. Nothing brings Mary more joy than making someone feel good about themselves, and she is thrilled to be apart of making someone's day, everyday.

When she's not in the salon, you can find her chasing her two boys around with her husband or getting dinner with her best girlfriends. She is always on the go, and loves to keep herself busy with friends and family!

Mary’s life hack: Buck up and carry all the groceries in one trip—there is a way.

Maddy knows where she comes from and where she’s going. Small-town roots give her old-fashioned values and a charming trace of an accent; big-city talent drives her work behind the chair and her savvy business sense. Clients love her combination of down-to-earth manner and sky-high style.

A keen observer, Maddy sharpens her technique through collaborative learning with her stylist peers, Wella color training, and watching trends like a hawk. A nature girl who loves being outdoors with friends and her dog Mac, she’s expert at sweeping on balayage highlights for that sun-kissed look.

Maddy’s life hack: Save tip money as spending money!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maddyhairdyer/

Where beauty is concerned, resistance is futile! Morgan grew up in a family of hairdressers, and while she started out as a tomboy running around with her two brothers, she gradually embraced her femininity and the family calling. Today she is continually inspired by helping others feel beautiful.

Morgan is always positive and ready to learn. She holds a cosmetology license from Rudae’s School of Beauty Culture and continues her training with classes on cutting, color and blow drying. She particularly enjoys cutting hair and exploring the possibilities of new shapes and styles.

Outside of the salon, Morgan spends time singing, dancing, and enjoying life. She can’t resist Mexican food and loves to spend an evening with friends watching stand-up comedy, laughing until it hurts.

Morgan’s life hack: Eat like a child at lunch: keep it simple!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganlemonte/

Sometimes, things just click. Margaret is a big-picture thinker who fit into Mira’s team right away and embraces the Mira Way.

A seasoned stylist, Margaret is honing her product knowledge with training from Davines and R+Co. She’s inspired by making people feel beautiful and happy, and with six years of customer service experience already behind her, she knows how to make each person’s day just a little bit brighter with great service and a warm smile.

Margaret loves spending time with her huge and close-knit family. She treats meeting new people as an opportunity to connect and get to know someone awesome! We think that makes Margaret pretty awesome.

Margaret’s life hack: Don’t let having no AC in your car keep you from looking fabulous!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margaretmakesmagic/

If hair color were kung fu, James would be a Shaolin master in flowing robes. He knows all the right moves. Fortunately, you don’t have to climb a mountain to see this guru! Color melts, balayage, highlights—James loves helping clients find the perfect outer expression of their inner light.

James is a graduate of the Aveda Institute, apprenticed at French Pharmacie, and trained in Vidal Sassoon cutting. He’s attended multiple trainings on color and education at PSC. He is an educator for Davines and is trained in their flamboyage method of highlighting.

When he isn’t doing hair, James enjoys reading a good book, hiking to the perfect spot, and talking and laughing with friends over a delicious meal.

James’s life hack: Your financial life is too important to hack. Use a CPA. It’s worth it!

When you know, you know. Rebecca knew her path in life early. She started her formal beauty education when she was 16, and she hasn’t stopped since. She’s constantly layering on more skills, more training, more ways of finding and making beauty. It’s just who she is.

Beauty is a multiverse, and Rebecca excels at navigating it. She loves the structure and rhythm of laying down foils to create multidimensional color. It’s practically her super power. No need for a secret identity! You know where to find her.

Outside of the salon, you might catch Rebecca stretching out at hot yoga, rocking out at a music festival, or hanging out with friends. 

Danielle knows that new beginnings are magical. Suddenly all the possibilities are open, and you feel that rush of excitement and start to see yourself in new ways. There’s nothing ordinary about ordinary people. Sometimes you just have to let yourself out a little more. Why not get that fun cut? Why not try that fabulous color? Danielle thinks that’s the best idea you’ve had all day, and she can’t wait to see the results!

Danielle attended Tricoci University of Beauty Culture for cosmetology.

At home, Danielle enjoys being with her two children. They’ve got the future written all over their gorgeous faces.

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She may be new to the professional salon world, but Jaycee caught the stylist bug early on. 

Growing up with three sisters — and being part of a dance team — gave her access to lots of heads on which she could practice braiding and fancy up-dos.

Fast-forward a decade or so, and Jaycee is now an important part of the Mira stylist team. After graduating from Tricoci University of Beauty Culture in Bloomington, she landed an apprenticeship at Mira and hasn’t looked back. 

Jaycee loves learning from her colleagues, and has been known to ask “a million and a half questions” about technique to grow her own skills. She’s a wiz at dimensional color (red peekaboo balayage, anyone?), and enjoys working closely with each client’s unique color palette to create a look that will suit their personal style.

Outside of work, you can find Jaycee getting crafty by reupholstering furniture, hanging out with her cat, Robo, or dancing.  

Life hack: When online shopping, put all the things you think you want in your cart—then close the app! You get all the satisfaction of online shopping without actually having to spend the money.

Meet Chloe—your go-to stylist for all things fun, funky, and fabulous! She’s got a quirky vibe and a big heart, ready to make you feel amazing every time you sit in her chair. After graduating from Tricoci University in 2023, Chloe joined our Mira family, where she learned from the best, including a hands-on apprenticeship with lead stylist and then owner, Heather.

Chloe is all about staying ahead of the game and loves expanding her skills. Whether it’s attending Mira’s hands-on classes or scouring Instagram for the latest in color placement and vivids, she’s constantly soaking up new techniques to keep her work fresh and exciting.

With four years of experience under her belt, Chloe is passionate about more than just hair—she’s passionate about making you feel gorgeous and confident! Curly cuts? Check. Bold vivids? Absolutely. Any haircut with a twist? 100% her jam.

When Chloe’s not behind the chair, you can find her soaking up nature on a hike or getting creative with her art—painting, drawing, knitting, sewing—you name it, she’s got the artistic touch! Her ultimate life hack? Weekend takeout. No shame in that game!

If you’re looking for a stylist who loves to have fun and isn’t afraid to bring out your bold side, Chloe’s your girl. Come get your glow-up with a side of spunk!

Rachel is a seasoned stylist with over 8 years of experience in the beauty industry, known for her expertise in color and extensions. She began her journey at cosmetology school in Texas and has since built on that foundation with specialized certifications, including the Harper Ellis Extensions Hidden Method. Her extensive background includes experience as a Joico colorist and further education through Redken, ensuring she brings the latest techniques and trends to her clients.

Rachel is always committed to learning, staying on top of the newest trends and techniques through ongoing education. She recently completed classes in hair-cutting and R+Co color, always seeking ways to elevate her craft. Her true passion lies in making every client feel seen, beautiful, and confident. Whether she’s perfecting a vibrant new color or seamlessly blending extensions, Rachel is at her best when helping her clients feel their most radiant selves.

Outside the salon, Rachel is a lover of the ocean, enjoys baking, and treasures time spent with her husband and their playful golden retriever. She lives by the motto: “Smile at everyone—you never know what they’re going through,” and brings that warmth into every interaction.

A longtime member of the Mira family, Anna’s no-drama strength and warmth have won loyalty from her clients and peers. Anna takes a hands-on approach to life: as a stylist, as a sculptor, as a DIY renovation fanatic, and as the salon’s resident handywoman who fixes anything and everything. Her laughter lights up the studio.

An artist by training, Anna brings a sense of shape and form to her work in hair. She holds degrees in ceramic sculpture from Indiana University and in cosmetology from Regency Beauty Institute. With seven years in the chair, Anna takes full advantage of classes Mira offers on new scissor techniques with Bumble and bumble and new coloring techniques from Wella educators.

Anna is expert at finding each person’s unique strengths and maximizing them, at enhancing natural hair color and making thoughtful shifts in style. She loves connecting with clients, hearing their stories, and helping them shape their outer look to match their inner sense of self. In her free time she haunts junk shops and salvage yards for raw material to repurpose for her eclectic home decor and renovation projects.

Anna’s life hack: If you’re working late, order food to be delivered when you leave—instant dinner gratification!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna.stoddard/

There’s no way around it: Joanna just glows. She radiates, and she helps her clients shine, too. Beautiful dimensional color with artfully hand-painted highlights is Joanna’s signature. Her colors evolve organically between appointments, and this magic has made her a Mira favorite. She’s been called a beauty spirit guide.

Seriously nerdy, this Gemini likes to analyze beauty from every angle. Over the course of her career, she’s trained with industry icons including Vidal Sassoon, Tracey Cunningham, and Ruth Roche, to name a few. As a former educator for the famous New York City–based Bumble and bumble House of Style, Joanna studies classic technique and new trends continuously. As a lead stylist and mentor at Mira, she trains new talent and supports the evolution of the brand.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautyspiritguide/

Sydney has been bringing a fresh new perspective and positive energy to our spa since 2019.  She has been a beauty lover since she was young, and would spend hours watching make-up videos like it was her job, then one day it hit her that beauty actually could be her job. This brought her to the decision to take a leap of faith and get her esthetician license from Tricoci University of Beauty culture. Her passion’s for all things skin shows in her constant desire to learn and adapt to new trends in the industry. She believes that there is never a reason to stop learning and growing!

Whenever she is not working you can either find her at home with her husband and their two dogs watching Netflix, or leading worship at her church! She has some major pipes on her!

Sydney says her life hack would be- escape from the real world a little, take a bubble bath and forget about it!

Like a guitar riff that instantly puts you in a good mood, Emily West and her awesome esthetician skills will turn your day around. (Makes sense—when she’s not in the salon, you can find her strumming her acoustic six-string.)

From brow transformations to facials, she’s obsessed with making her clients feel beautiful in their own skin, in the least invasive way possible. With her warm smile and effortless style, Emily works to build a trusting relationship with each client to truly bring out their inner beauty. 

Originally from Bedford, Ind., she studied in the esthetics program at Tricoci University of Beauty Culture in Bloomington. After earning her esthetician license, she went on to become certified in dermaplaning, micro needling, and microblading/semi-permanent makeup. 

Emily stays on top of all the latest beauty treatments trends. Hard-pressed to pick a favorite (she loves them all!), she did say she’s partial to dermal infusions because “they are good for all skin types and they give instant transformative results.”

When she’s not transforming clients, Emily enjoys listening to her favorite genre of music, indie, which is also her daughter’s name.

Emily’s life hack: Dress in all neutrals—it’s just easier that way.

Do you love the skin you’re in? Meet Tanya Kennedy, an esthetician on a mission to make sure you do! From dermal infusions and dermaplanes to facial massage and micro needling, Tanya’s got the skills to help you feel confident on your skin care journey.

She studied esthetics at Aveda Fredric’s Institute in Carmel, Ind. Glowing and healthy skin are her passions, but that’s not all — chemical peels, high frequency, waxing, tinting, brow and lash lamination, and more are all part of her esthetician toolbox. 

When she’s not making magic at Mira, Tanya is an accomplished baker, travel lover, avid reader, weekend crafter, and mama to her beautiful children. 

Life hack: YOLO: Every day is a gift. Live life to the fullest!

Mariah lives life hands-on. Gardening? Check. Home improvement? Check. Quilting? Stitch an X on that box, too, and never mind if it’s a little crooked. Mariah dreams big. She’s got notebooks and sketches and plans for everything, and there’s nothing she can’t accomplish with willpower and a YouTube tutorial.

With 15 years in customer service, Mariah has learned a few things. If you listen closely, each person has fascinating experiences. If you look closely, each day becomes a shifting kaleidoscope of stories and faces that reveals new perspectives, new ideas, new beauty. She loves helping other people see themselves through a different lens. Sometimes that takes a fresh cut or style. Other times, a little spa pampering works magic from the inside out.

Mariah’s life hack: Buy a moisture meter for your house plants, and you’ll never drown or dry them out again (mostly never).