With them came the beginning of Dominican women beauty entrepreneurs and hair-salon owners.
But a lot of folks don't know that the first wave of Dominican immigrants actually arrived in the 1960s and 1970s and settled in Corona, Queens, Brooklyn, and upper Manhattan.
When people think of the first wave of Dominicans who migrated to NYC, they often refer to the Dominicans who settled in Washington Heights in the early '80s. When it comes to the beauty landscape in the States, not enough credit is given to Dominican beauty entrepreneurs and their contributions.