In 2011 I was a medical student in Moldova, living on a $30 scholarship and certain my life was already mapped out. Then one Halloween I painted a little cat on a friend's daughter and watched her face light up in the mirror. Something in me changed too.
My mum gave me the gift that started it all: my first $200 kit, something I simply couldn’t afford back then. That single leap of faith grew into the International Face Painting School — today the world's first and only school with a structured, certified path for face painters, with 2,500+ graduates across 100+ countries.
I built it around the one thing I never had when I started: you don't have to figure this out alone. Whether you're painting your first butterfly or booking your hundredth party, there's a place for you here and people who'll grow right beside you.
