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Najah Aziz with Brooklyn stylist Gillian Garcia, who supports Aziz’s mission. NAJAH AZIZWhen Najah Aziz nodded off during an annual job performance review, she knew she had to make a move. She wanted out of the insurance business and into the hair salon, feeding a passion she developed as a child styling her six sisters’ hair. Quitting the security of corporate America after 16 years, she told Zenger News, came with a second ambition: to inject a new sense of professionalism into the African American…]]>