Jo (Jojo) Passeggio Barone took "the road less traveled" as her career path and although long and tedious, that made all the difference.In 1972, she attended to barber school, while working as a apprentice barber during her schooling. She became more aware of the bad toupee's which were more prevalent then than now. She avowed that some day she would enter the hair replacement business and provide a service that was a cut above the rest.JoJo enrolled in Cosmetology school while still an apprentice barber and invested more than 2 1/2 years there part time before receiving her Cosmetology state license, while barbering to make a living. Then one day in 1974, she responded to help wanted ad for a hair replacement stylist and got the job at DK Studio?s, a hair replacement center located in Hicksville, Long Island.Two weeks into the new job, she replaced another technician and took over her clientele. At the same time, the center?s chief stylist left for vacation. Fortunately, she had been a quick study and was able to provide an excellent level of service. The center, for men only, used synthetic fibers and most attachments were done by the fusion method. After 5 years, she certainly became adept at working with synthetic hair and permanent, non-surgical attachments. "I made the fiber dance," as she puts it, but it was time for her to move on and so she did. Jojo wanted opportunities to learn and practice the variety of hair and attachment options that were becoming available.JoJo went to work in Syosset for another Long Island Hair Replacement center in 1979. This center mainly used human hairpiece with clips and/or tape for attachment. The owner wanted to know about working with synthetic hairpieces, just as she wanted to learn about human hairpieces and the attachments he used. They made an agreement to exchange knowledge and to teach each other. She was a seasoned hair replacement professional by now. But in addition to really learning the profession from the ground