Local Stylist Gets a Helping Hand Thanks to Steve Harvey

A woman who styles hair in the south suburbs for the elderly and disabled received a helping hand from TV show host Steve Harvey, who connected her with industry expert Tabatha Coffey.

Cathy Espinoza, of Chicago Ridge, who styles hair for folks at the Tinley Park Senior Center as part of her mobile salon, Hairs Too You!, appeared on the Steve Harvey show Thursday. 

“At first when they said I’d be meeting Tabatha Coffey, I was like, ‘Oh, she’s a toughie,’ ” Espinoza told Sun-Times Media columnist Donna Vickroy. “But then I thought, ‘She might really help me.’ ”

Espinoza learned how to better promote her business and bring her message to social media. And American Express gave her $10,000 to help her business. American Express is a sponsor of Small Business Saturday, a monthlong promotion on Patch.

“I’m slowly doing more on Twitter but my daughter laughs at me because I get hung up on commas and periods,” Espinoza said. “Old habits are hard to break.”

She definitely has her own fans.

"Just watched you on Steve Harvey," writes Leah Nicole Reinitz on Facebook. "You guys have an awesome business!!!! Thanks for everything you do and you deserve every penny that was donated!!! Hope it helps."

You can learn more about Espinoza’s mobile hair salon on her website, www.hairstoyoutoo.net and you may call her at 708-636-1344. Visit her Facebook page, too.