Adam Vazquez started cutting hair when he was 12 and assisting teachers in special needs classrooms when he was in high school. With Royal Fades Barbershop, he and his wife, Sabrina, have found a way to combine those natural gifts in a business model that has inclusivity and compassion at its core.
The Vazquezes have had their shop in Toms River four years and opened their second location in the Starboard Plaza on Route 72 East in Manahawkin in February of this year.
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