Marco Ochoa, who graduated in April of 2005, has been a successful makeup artist since first working for Ziba Beauty right out of EI.  Marco has gone on to work at the Batia & Aleeza Salon in Beverly Hills.  The wonderful thing for us is that he often stops by EI on Mondays to visit us all. Marco has not only helped to mentor other EI graduates, he's learning all about running his own business, including promotion.  He has created gorgeous brochures, flyers and business cards using before and after photos of his beautiful work. 

Leigh has become Deborah Gibson's personal makeup artist and has worked on Ms. Gibson's latest music video for her single, Already Gone.  She is also working on a new film projects, and is working with Andrew Vanslee at the Independent Film Alliance.  You can reach Leigh at her e-mail address: leigh@leighhudgens.com, and you can see her in EI's new television commercial for Time Warner Cable.

Rhonda Dobbins has been working steadily in film ever since graduation in April 07.  In this past year Rhonda has worked as the key makeup artist on eight feature films and five independent films; she just completed a feature film for Mark Young, The Least Among You, as the Special Effects makeup artist.  Rhonda has also working on fashion shows and music videos.  Among her clients are Daniel Baldwin, Luke Perry, Billy Morrison, and James Duval. You can access Rhonda's resume at IMDB. Way to go, Rhonda! 

Inna Hwemeil, who graduated in January 2007, was hired just four days after graduation and has worked continuously since.  Her last job was working for Comedy Central.  She has worked on commercial print shoots, on a movie poster, a video, and on seven films, including Three Amigos, Silence, and The Myth of the Devil.  You can access Inna's resume at IMDB.  Congratulations Inna for many jobs well done and for making all of us proud!