Angel Maldonado began cutting hair when he was 11. For many years, he dreamed of opening a barbershop in Puerto Rico. But to his surprise, his barbering business has become a hit in Lakeland instead.
Hurricane Maria led Maldonado to relocate his family to Florida and to open his first barber shop in Lakeland in 2021.
The 34-year-old Eagle Lake resident now owns two barbershops and just celebrated the grand opening of High Class Academy, a beauty school, on June 23 with the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce…