Dexter Mercado, 44, known as Dex, is from Floridablanca, Pampanga. He has been a barber for 15 years. He started out being self-taught cutting hair of soldiers inside Fort Bonifacio, but eventually got a diploma in hairstyling and coloring. He has five children and has a 19-year-old Information Technology graduate. His youngest is only one-year-and-three-months old. He rents his tiny two by two meter space for 1,500 pesos. It’s called Dexter Cabalen Barber Shop. He attends from 20 to 50 customers a day. He once cut 60 customers’ hair. He said he shares jokes, gossips, and political stories with customers especially during the recent presidential election.
