Five Minutes with a Millennial: Taylor Salinas

By Laurel Carbonneau

Posted Jul 05, 2018 in Management

Taylor Salinas
Cosmetic Waxer at Utah Valley Dental Lab 
Provo, UT


How he got his start: My uncle, Josh Walker, operated a C&B lab in his home and when I was little I loved watching him work. In 2010, he invited me to come work in the model room at Utah Valley where he now works as a ceramist. I did that for 10 months and then left to go to school. In 2015, I came back to the lab and, after trying my hand at diagnostic waxing, I found my niche and started waxing full time. 


Industry mentor: In addition to my uncle, two ceramists here, Clint Bigelow and Phil Nebeker, have helped me get to where I am today; I can’t count the amount of hours Clint has spent in the last year alone helping me perfect my craft. Phil, my Team Leader, always has a positive outlook; if you’re having a rough day, he’ll stop what he’s doing to...

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  • Laurel Carbonneau

    Webinar Program Manager at LMT Communications, Inc. · Bethlehem, CT

    As a 12-year veteran of LMT, Laurel spearheads our Webinar platform, edits numerous sections of the magazine, writes feature articles and is the editorial webmaster.

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