WELL, REDWOOD CITY MAN IS SO PASS. ABOUT SERVING HIS COMMUNITY. THAT EACH CHANGED. HIS CAREER PATH. >anc2 mic>FROM R >>> HE WENT FROM RUNNING STANFORD'S DIGITAL LANGUAGE LAB TO GRADUATING FROM BEAUTY SCHOOL. SHARON CHIN INTRODUCES US TO THIS WEEK'S BAY AREA JEFFERSON AWARD WINNER. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. >> HE'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND HE GAINED A BRAND NEW SET OF SKILLS AND HE USES THEM TO GIVE PEOPLE A WHOLE NEW LOOK. >> JOSEPH UNPACKS HIS CAR FOR A FEW HOURS OF SERVICE STARTING WITH THE CHAIR FOR THE GUESTS OF HONOR. >> THIS IS OUR WAY OF CHANGING THE WORLD. >> Reporter: JOSEPH STARTED THREE HAIRCUTS FOR THE UNHOUSED IN 2018. HE HAD A BRUSH WITH PROFESSIONALS OUTSIDE THE SEATTLE HYGIENE CENTER WHO TREATED THE UNSHELTERED LIKE THEY WERE INVISIBLE. >> LIKE THEY WERE WALKING THROUGH A MINE FIELD AND STEPPING OVER THEM. THAT KIND OF URKED ME. >> Reporter: AN IDEA BUZZED IN THEIR HEAD. WHY NOT SERVE THE NEED RIGHT THERE? >> SO I SAID YOU NEED TO CUT HAIR AND THEY SAID OH, WE NEED SOMEONE SO BADLY. >> Reporter: JUMP AHEAD TO 2021. JOSEPH BEGAN TENT CITY BARBER THAT GIVES SPRING HAIRCUT TO PEOPLE LIVING IN HOMELESSNESS FOR THE BAY AREA. >> OUR MODEL AT TENT CITY BARBER IS BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD, WHICH IS A LINE FROM THE NOVEL. OKAY. >> Reporter: JOSEPH'S REDWOOD CITY BASED NON-PROFIT AND HIS HARTFORD GIVING. HE SPENT 15 YEARS RUNNING THEIR DIGITAL LANGUAGE LAB AND WANTED A CHANGE. HE BECAME A CERTIFIED COSMETOLOGIST. JOSEPH FALLS FOR MORE THAN JUST A MAKEOVER, A SAFE SPACE FOR COMFORT AND SHEAR. >> I HAVE CLIENTS THAT I CUT THEIR HAIR AND THE NEXT WEEK I'M TOLD THEY OVERDOSED OR THEY PASSED AWAY. SO I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE LAST HAIRCUT THIS PERSON EVER DOES. >> Reporter: SO FAR TENT CITY BARBER HAS PROVIDED ABOUT 1,500 HAIRCUTS WITH JOSEPH WHO IS NOT WORKING AS A HIGH SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WHO TRANSPORTS HIS SALON TO NON-PROFITS. ON THIS AFTERNOON, HE PITCHES HIS TENT AT MARTHA'S KITCHEN IN SAN JOSE, WHERE PEOPLE LINE UP FOR A FREE HOT MEAL, MOBILE SHOWERS, LAUNDRY SERVICES. >> HE IS VERY COMPASSIONATE. >> Reporter: HE'S GRATEFUL THAT HE TRIMMED HIS BEER. >> IT GAVE ME MOTIVATION, YOU KNOW, IT INSPIRES ME BECAUSE HE'S GOT BUSINESS MEETINGS DURING THE WEEK. >> Reporter: JOSEPH SAYS HE WOULD GIVE HIS BEST, SO PEOPLE COULD LOOK THEIR BEST. OFTEN THEY WOULD LEAP WITH A SMILE. >> AND THAT IS GOOD, THANK YOU. >> AND A STYLE THAT'S A CUT ABOVE THE REST. THIS WEEK'S JEFFERSON AWARD IN THE BAY AREA GOES TO JOSEPH. HE IS NOW TAKING NEWLY LICENSED TALENTS FROM THE REAL WORLD TRAINING AND MENTORING AND GIVING THEM FREE AIR CUTS TO THOSE IN NEED. HE SAID IT'S A WIN-WIN, I WOULD AGREE. >> WHAT A GREAT STORY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THAT YOU CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACES, RIGHT? IT IS SO SIMPLE. >> EXACTLY. THAT'S THE CUT THEY WANT AS OPPOSED TO THE CUT THEY THINK THEY NEED. >> THE SMILES
