Zaynab Issa Cracked The Code On Winged Eyeliner
“What you see is what you know, and all I ever saw growing up was women cooking. My parents were very against the idea of it becoming my career. My family doesn’t drink or eat pork, and they worried I wouldn’t be able to avoid those things in a professional kitchen. When it was time to go to college, I started out studying finance at Baruch College, but I landed an internship at Time Inc. during my freshman year. From there, every internship I had was in fashion, beauty, or media. Halfway through college, I realized I didn’t have the experience—or interest—for a finance job, so I created an ad hoc major that blended communications, marketing, and journalism, with a minor in art. My first job out of school was at BuzzFeed. By then, I’d already started posting food videos on TikTok and was gaining some traction. BuzzFeed had a…
Zaynab Issa Cracked The Code On Winged Eyeliner
“What you see is what you know, and all I ever saw growing up was women cooking. My parents were very against the idea of it becoming my career. My family doesn’t drink or eat pork, and they worried I wouldn’t be able to avoid those things in a professional kitchen. When it was time to go to college, I started out studying finance at Baruch College, but I landed an internship at Time Inc. during my freshman year. From there, every internship I had was in fashion, beauty, or media. Halfway through college, I realized I didn’t have the experience—or interest—for a finance job, so I created an ad hoc major that blended communications, marketing, and journalism, with a minor in art. My first job out of school was at BuzzFeed. By then, I’d already started posting food videos on TikTok and was gaining some traction. BuzzFeed had a…