Bookstore owner writes new chapter in her life story
Bina Valenzano has never been afraid to change the course of her life. As a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology a decade ago, she realized that the competitive, cutthroat nature of the fashion world didn’t mesh with her gentle nature.
“I wasn’t passionate about fashion,” she said. “If you’re not passionate about it, it can eat you up alive.”
She decided to stay at FIT, but switched her major, earning her bachelor’s degree in marketing and communications.