Adela Hittell

Adela Hittell born on July 14, 1987, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1993, she and her family were taken from there home and captured during the Bosnian War. She came to the United States in May of 1997 as a POW (prisoner of war), refugee and an immigrant where she settled in Manchester, NH until 2003. In 2003, her family moved to Jacksonville, FL where Adela still resides and calls Jacksonville her second home. In 2006, she graduated high school and completed to years of college in business. She married in 2008 and gave birth to a boy in 2011. In 2012 she made drastic decision to leave corporate and focus on her cosmetology degree which she earned in 2013. In 2014, she opened her own business specifically for hair and makeup services and since then has expanded her business into the full realm of artistic, innovative and brand building services. Adela Hittell started out as a model in 2015 and continues to model today but focuses primarily on educating upcoming models, actors and artists on the specific techniques, skill, and branding they need to succeed. She picked up a camera in 2016 after a photographer had told her that the concept that was created was too hard to execute on his part. She could not understand this and wanted to try and two years later she has been published in multiple magazines for her work not only in photography but hair, makeup, styling and more. With the photography came her magazine A.D.E.L.A.VILLE where she uses her platform to bring awareness on mental health through art and true stories of the community. With the magazine, a non-profit was born Project Human Inc., an organization that finds new and innovative ways to bridge the gap on mental and emotional health through arts. She is also a fashion designer who has debuted her couture looks in the Jacksonville Magazine Fashion Project and used her photography skills to participate in this years (2018) New York Fashion Week in support of another local designer. Adela is set on her making her mark in the industry by continuing to educate herself in her industry, by continuing to practice and put in her 10,000+ hours of dedication to her skills and crafts. Her personality and her positive outlook on life are what make her unique to what she does. She is an artist in all forms and shapes and will continue to seek knowledge to become one of the greats. "Find your voice and listen to it. It may come in many forms, shapes, and sizes and are nothing but a different perspective of that voice." - Adela Hittell