OPAWZ Certification Program

About

OPAWZ certifications offer all groomers the opportunity to participate in an innovative creative grooming networks with fellow creative groomers worldwide, as well as provide a way that may have their creative grooming skills evaluated and certified.

Obtaining the OPAWZ grooming certification affords you the confidence to better serve your furry clients in the creative grooming field. Receiving the certifications show your customers your professional knowledge of creative pet grooming and you’re serious about a career as a creative dog groomer.

Qualifications to be certified

Individuals holding the OPAWZ certifications validated their creative grooming skills in the areas of:

Proficient in the use and knowledge of OPAWZ pet-safe grooming products
Great creative grooming techniques & designs
Professional dog grooming skills
Pledge to pet grooming safety

Want to be certified by OPAWZ?

Submit at least 20 of your creative grooming works done with OPAWZ by email to customercare@opawz.com with the subject line "OPAWZ Certification"

Due to high volume of applications, please allow for 7-10 business days for a response. If you do not receive a response after 1 month of submission, please feel free to email us again for updates. 🐾

We also check social media so tag us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok with #opawz and @opawz

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OPAWZ Certificated Groomers List

Groomers are sorted alphabetically by first name

Educator

Adriane Cribb Pope • SC, USA Alyssa Kasiba • IL, USA Angela Kumpe • AR, USA Betty Huang • Taiwan Cindy Copeland Oliver • TN, USA Claudia Rodriguez • Chile Dawn Omboy • GA, USA Holly C Baker • MN, USA Irina Podgornay • Ukraine Isabella Jane Doblas Jones • Spain Jilly Mucciarone • CT, USA Jing Li • China Kang Soo Min • South Korea Kathleen Sepulveda • CA, USA Lauren Piston • WA, USA Linda Jomphe • QC, Canada Liz Thomison • TX, USA Lori Craig • OK, USA Myke Ross • CA, USA Nikki Smith • UK Xin Liu • China Yuemeng Zhao • China

Master

Adrian Smith • GA, USA Allison Brooks • KY, USA Anaïs Hayden • GA, USA Andrea “Lilith” Delguidice • CA, USA Andrea Painter • CA, USA Andrea Saud Castillo • Chile Annie Nolan • Australia Arrow Black • Australia Blaze Schoen • AL, USA Dee Carr • GA, USA Erin E. Martin • CA, USA Gabriel Feitosa • CA, USA Jillian Shikles • IN, USA Julie Duguay • NB, Canada Julia Fedotova • Russia Leslie Waldrep • AL, USA Lindsey Dowling • AK, USA Lonnie Clay-Lewis • ID, USA Macie Pisa • NY, USA Meghan Terwilliger • MA, USA Misty Gieczys • OH, USA Nata Ole • Ukraine Nicole Beckman • MI, USA Rachel Collins McCurry • TN, USA Rachel Ross • AL, USA Rayne Kracko • NM, USA Suzanne Cummings-Castleman • CA, USA Taryn Binstead • Australia Tôn Thất Anh Khương • Vietnam

Expert

Abigail Jackson • Germany Alyssa Farber • FL, USA Angela Schoonover • CA, USA Antoinette Helfer • NY, USA Ariyel Stoops • MO, USA Ashley Denham • KS, USA Aspen Brooks • OR, USA Barbie McDonald • TN, USA Becky Bole • PA, USA Brittney Cook • NH, USA Christie Oliver Bahena • CA, USA Courtney Nykoluk • MB, Canada Dominique Archie • NY, USA Erica Osborne • TX, USA Felicia Davis • MS, USA Fux Szabina Kutyafodrászat Ajka • Hungary Georgia Ashton Fuller • UK Gise Creative Groomer • Chile Gloria Hardaway • USA Hannah Norris • AL, USA HMi Nguyễn • Vietnam Ildiko Szilagyi • Denmark Isabell Peabody • MI, USA Jane Boehm • Australia Jayne Gallagher • NJ, USA Jennifer Nicole Woo • ON, Canada Jessica Holloway • ON, Canada Jessica Morgan Bechtel • WI, USA Jonelle Shmoldas • CA, USA Josh White • CA, USA Juanita Harris • AZ, USA Julia Cunningham • TX, USA Katie Darcey • UK Lamarius Mathis • GA, USA Laurence Laferrière • QC, Canada Madi Holt • UT, USA Magdalena Manczikowska (Magda Manczi) • Poland Melissa Melville • NC, USA Mikhail Williams • CA, USA Natalia Flores • CA, USA Paula Fernandes • Brazil Sara Perkins • MD, USA Karen Smith • ON, Canada

Sarah Nickerson • NC, USA Snizhana Korolevska • Ukraine Stacy Brown • GA, USA Talis Fonseca • ON, Canada Tammy Pino • NC, USA Tosha Montoya • NM, USA Victoria Eddy • MB, Canada Wendy Price • FL, USA Yamirka Marmolejos • Puerto Rico

Specialist

Abigail Bear • KY, USA Alex Morrison • PA, USA Allison M Grooming • Chile Amy Fewell • KY, USA Allison Murphy • WI, USA Angela Letts • MI, USA Ashley Adams • TN, USA Ashley Ann • NJ, USA Ashley Coleman • FL, USA Ashley Palmer • GA, USA Ashely Payne • KY, USA Baylee Brabazon • PA, USA Bethany Soulliere • FL, USA Bethina Jalilie • CA, USA Brandi Paris • KY, USA Brittany Cool • KY, USA Candice Kurtz • IN, USA Candice Seals • NC, USA Cara Cooper • NC, USA Carina Pinkerton • NC, USA Carmen Rios • FL, USA Cheyenne Mooney-Gallo • NY, USA Chrissy McCartney Joos • NY, USA Christina Lewis Wilt • VA, USA Ciara Barthlett • MS, USA Colleen Voegtli • MD, USA Cora McNeely • SC, USA Crystal Gause • NY, USA Crystal Rodriguez • FL, USA Daisha Horton • OH, USA Danielle Costea • TN, USA Danyelle Handy • OR, USA Djenny Reijers van Leeuwen • Netherlands Elandra Claytor • GA, USA Ellie Lodge • Greece Emma Koerner • DE, USA Emma Smith • NC, USA Erika Williams • GA, USA Erin Calvert • AL, USA Ester Catalán Samis • Spain Evelyn Maria Morga Rojas • Chile Francesca Curtin • Cardiff, Wales Gabrielle Dumais • TN, USA Georgeanne McDevitt • PA, USA Gloria Hardaway • FL, USA Hao Wu • China Harold Ramirez • NY, USA Heather Bell • LA, USA Hunter Moore • KY, USA Ivonne Aponte • FL, USA

Jacqueline Wilde • Australia Jae Boling • NM, USA Jade Kleeschulte • AL, USA Jasmin Wilkins • GA, USA Javier L Almodovar • MA, USA Jaye Garcia • CA, USA Jeanette Witcherton • CA, USA Jennifer Nicole Brown • FL, USA Jennifer Sitler • MI, USA Jennifer Smith • GA, USA Jenny Cromlish • OH, USA Jenny Deyoe • NY, USA Jerica Nicole Wood • AR, USA Jessica Heymann • LA, USA Jessica Rabetoy • NY, USA Jessica Thomas • FL, USA Jhenniffer Cruz Escamilla • Mexico Jordyn Nelson • FL, USA Joy Barba • CA, USA Julia Rantala • MI, USA Kayla S. Wainwright • NC, USA Kelly Gayler • UK Kelly Murphy • TX, USA Kelsey McDowell • CA, USA Kelsey Rovan • IN, USA Kim Renew Viverette • SC, USA Kimberly DeZerga • NJ, USA Kimberly Smith • MS, USA Heading

Kioana Singleton • RI, USA Kylee Small • CA, USA Lakota Robinson • WA, USA Lauren Hamilton • PA, USA Leticia Andrade • Brazil Lexy Hockman • OH, USA Lisa Glogowsky • UT, USA Liz Jackson • ME, USA Maicon Seifert Gerker • Brazil Makayla Farmer • GA, USA Manuel Antonio Vázquez López • Mexico Marianella Moore • PA, USA Megan Renee Arison • KY, USA Meghan McQuinn • AB, Canada Melissa Smith • CA, USA Mia Övernäs • Ireland Michelle Hall • PA, USA Miranda Alonzo • TX, USA Monica King • IN, USA Natalie Kovecses • UK Nicole C Naugler • KY, USA Pacaya Marcela • Peru Pearl Sharpe • TN, USA Pirvuletu Vanesa Loredana Amira • Romania Rachel Vedder • OH, USA Ramaj Jamar • TX, USA Samantha Hum • QC, Canada Sandi Garrett • GA, USA Sarah Engel • GA, USA Sharon Christa Sowers • VA, USA Shawnee Liesenfeld • PA, USA Shayla’s TopKnotch Grooming • TX, USA Stacey Webb • UK Taegan Frans • MO, USA Thequila Hill • GA, USA Tierra Jones (Tee Jones) • IL, USA Tiffany A. Croxford • VA, USA Tina Price • CA, USA Tonya Gross • IN, USA Tristan Allen • MS, USA Valarie Grimes • GA, USA Victoria Pereira • GA, USA Whitney Gruber • AB, Canada Yanko C. Hernandez • CA, USA Yeli Solano • Costa Rica