Celebrity scratcher Tia Naayem aka @delicatesquash is a self taught tattoo artist that moved to LA by herself after college to get into the film industry. After a few years of being stifled creatively by gatekeeping, she spent months teaching herself to tattoo every night after work and eventually quit her day job to pursue a tattoo career full time, even thought her future was uncertain. A true scratcher success story.

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