ROLANDO “RO” NAVA

to do great and be great. As we grow as a business, my mentality is to help people as we move up, either opening job opportunities or motivating people along the way.

What advice would you give to someone about getting his or her first tattoo? (A tattoo virgin)

The first piece of advice is never to overthink things. You have to remember our mind is very powerful, and whatever we think happens. Once you step into our facility as a tattoo virgin, we do our very best to make you feel at home, make you feel comfortable, and at ease. Also, here at

Nava studios, we always provide numbing cream for the ones in need, so that always helps.

What would you say is your favorite part of the job? For starters, I don’t consider this a job; this is a way of life. Permanently marking someone’s body for life is an amazing thing. Knowing that someone is walking around this world with a body mark done by me blows my mind away. That is my motivation, and that is what keeps me going.

Was it hard getting an apprenticeship?

How was yours? I never had an apprenticeship, most shops will turn you down, and that’s what happened to me. Some used it as strict business to use people as their pets and charge them, while others completely shut you down. So I took it upon the streets to teach myself.

What is the most important advice you can give someone new to the art of tattooing? The best advice I can give everyone is always to remain humble and never forget where you come from or how you start. Also, never give up life can and will make it tough, but just remember, if it were easy, everyone would be doing it. ✕

10 Years Tattooing Lagrange, GA

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