Peoria barber Jorell Glass began cutting hair when he was 10 years old. He started with his own head, then began cutting the hair of his brother and cousin — much to the surprise of his mother, who expected him to goof it up.

Now, Glass not only runs his own barbershop, the Shave Room, at the Twin Towers Mall in Peoria but he operates his own barbering school at 3019 N. Sterling Ave.

Glass, who is known as “Mr. Glass” in the barbering world, started the barbering school Mr. Glass Tonsorial Christian Institute two years ago with the intent of creating an entrepreneurial pipeline and attracting talent to barbering.

“What we do is educate students, make sure they get their barber license and we give them an opportunity to become an entrepreneur here at the Shave Room,” Glass said. “So we’re training them and we’re placing them.”