On Friday, March 5, Pop superstar Beyoncé and her mother, fashion designer Tina Knowles launched the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Career Academy in Brooklyn. The new Cosmetology Center will offer a seven-month cosmetology training course, helping clients gain the career skills they need to lead productive, rewarding lives in recovery.

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"I am delighted to play a small role in our recent partnership with Beyoncé Knowles and her Cosmetology Center at our Phoenix House Career Academy in New York" says Cary L. Hall Jr. Vice President of Investments for UBS Financial.

Beyoncé spoke about meeting with women in treatment at Phoenix House while preparing for the role of Etta James in the 2008 film Cadillac Records. “Through their stories, I realized that all of us have our personal struggles and we all have something to overcome,” she said.

“Drug addiction…has a stigma that must be removed. Addiction is a disease and these beautiful women I met did not choose to become addicts, but they have chosen to get better.” Check out her video interview here with ABC news. Source