BY KRISTINE HUFFMAN

Throughout 2023 , Pulse will feature interviews with experienced practitioners whose insights about spa specialties will help facility leaders to recruit , engage and retain staff members .

KRISTINE HUFFMAN for Pulse : You became an esthetician later in life . How did you get there ? LISA HART : When I was in college , I had the opportunity to be a White House intern and was fortunate enough to serve both President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H . W . Bush and his wife , Barbara . Then , when “ H . W .” became

President , I coordinated their travel and accompanied them all around the world . I ’ ve been to almost all 50 states — just missing Alaska , which I hope to visit someday !

Then , I had a family and when my children started high school , I thought , Okay , now I can get a job — but , I couldn ’ t find one . I felt as if I were subject to age discrim-

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