Spa owner mentors Long Beach youth through Pacific Gateway program

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When Amber Miller's father, former NFL player Chuckie Miller, found out his daughter was opening a business, "it was one of my proudest moments in life and it wasn't even my business, but I felt like she got it," he tells KABC.

Amber Miller aesthetics opened its doors in Long Beach, Calif., on Saturday, and she's already helped five teens start their own businesses.

"I teach them how to open their own business, so all the opening duties and closing duties, but also getting familiar to work with customers, clients that come in, getting them booked, scheduled for a facial, also giving them a call, following up on appointments," Miller, an aesthetician and mentor, tells the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

One of those teens,aphne Carrasco, is a senior at a nearby high school and works at the front desk.

"I was really hoping that through this, I would be able to break out of my shell, be more open than I normally am," she says.

Amber Miller aesthetics is part of the Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network, which helps youth in Long Beach find jobs and explore careers.

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