Parvane Hashemi - Dean

Ms. Hashemi started as a cosmetologist who then decided to focus her specialty into Skincare and Esthetics, which has always been her passion.

1976 - She became a licensed Esthetician and since then she has been working in the field of Esthetics and Skin care.

1992 she started her school and teaching became her second passion.

1995 she received her CIDESCO International Diploma.

Ms. Hashemi has been teaching and training hundreds of students and Instructors in the field of Skin Care - Standard, Master and Medical Esthetics, Massage Therapy, Permanent Makeup, Makeup, Nails and all other related courses including Laser Skin Care and Laser Hair Removal.
Ms. Hashemi is Licensed and Certified in all above.

Her favorite quote is: "Our Skin Is Our Birth Certificate and a Knowledgeable Esthetician is an "Epidermatalogist" Who Can Really Cure 90% of Skin Problems".


Gabriela Rado - Director and Specialty Instructor

Gabriela started her Esthetic path in 2001 in Concord, California. She worked with plastic surgeons exclusively upon the first few years. She is well experienced in medical esthetics - including Chemical Peels, Laser and Advanced Esthetic Treatments.
She has been working at the Esthetic Institute as the Director and Instructor specializing in Laser Education since she moved to Virginia. Gabriela is licensed and certified in California and Virginia as a Master, Laser Technician and Instructor.

Dr. Afsheen Ather - Instructor

Afsheen graduated in 1997 from Medical School and pursued her career in the field of Dermatology and has been working in the skin care field ever since. Her medical background enhances the expertise in our Master Esthetic Education. She is a licensed Master Esthetician and certified Laser Technician in Virginia.

Afsheen is the proud graduate of the Esthetic Institute. Her professional training/education consists of extensive training in theory and technical skills by using quality core standards. She continues to draw clients coming from different walks of life with all skin types from different regions of the world, which she refers to as "Skin Globalization". In 2009 she attended American society of laser medicine and surgery (ASLMS). She takes special interest in the fields of Chemical Peels, Microdermabrasion, and Advanced Esthetic Treatments.


Shiva Vahid - Instructor

Shiva has been in the skin care /esthetic field for the last 25 years. She has studied and graduated in the UK with Diploma in International Health, Beauty, City and Guilds Of London Certificate. She worked for 15 years in London and Sydney Australia managing/ teaching and practicing all aspects of Beauty therapy (face and Body), Electrolysis. For the past 11 years she has worked in Virginia as a Master Esthetician/Instructor. She has a certificate in teacher training from London, Hammer Smith College.


Fiona Deibler - Instructor

Fiona was born and educated in London, England where she attended the prestigious Ray Cochran Academy in London training in Beauty Therapy. Upon graduation and an internship she was certified and recognized by the International certification academy and received the world recognized CIDESCO diploma. Fiona continued her formal training and received numerous additional certifications in Reflexology, Aroma therapy, Electrolysis, Laser Hair Removal and other treatments in the Esthetic industry. Fiona has practiced her profession for more than twenty years in such locations as London, Rome, Wales, Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan and the United States providing services to members of the public, government officials, celebrities, diplomatic personnel and high ranking foreign officials.


Angela Terlizzi - Specialty Course Instructor

Angela has been working in the permanent make-up field for over 10 years in Italy. She had the privilege to work with one of the best known Italian makeup artists, Fabio de Stefano. She is licensed and certified in Permanent Makeup and Tattoo in Virginia and Italy. She is as well is a certified Professional Makeup Artist and works for models cooperating with photographers. She is an Active Member of Permanent Makeup Society and Associate Member of American Academy of Micropigmentation. She as well is Europe Certified in Advanced Permanent Makeup and Camouflage.

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