“I was rocking a messy bun, and [my student] came to school with the cutest updo that I HAD to try,"…

“I was rocking a messy bun, and [my student] came to school with the cutest updo that I HAD to try," Leigha tells Babble. "I told her, ‘Your hair is sooooo cute! Don’t be mad at me when I come to school tomorrow with my hair JUST like that!’”

Leigha said the student didn’t believe her. But Leigha, a teacher of seven years at Lakeview Elementary in Fort Bend county, Texas, decided to keep her promise.

“With my student’s hair being similar to mine, I thought what better way to show her how she inspired me to feel beautiful with...