Amina Ayoud is an Assistant Digital Editor for Footwear News, where she writes stories about everything from celebrity style to breaking fashion and shoe releases. Ayoud cultivated a love of all things fashion early in life thanks to a deep love of fashion history and the luxury industry. In her free time, Ayoud is a self-proclaimed fashion nerd and thriftaholic. Ayoud attended Virginia Commonwealth University and studied Fashion Merchandising along with Mass Communications. After college, Ayoud went on to work as a part of Fashion Snoops’ Culture team and as a beauty writer for Allure before finding her home at FN.