Amina Lake Patel (formerly Abdelrahman) is an editor at CNN Underscored, where she manages the home and gifts sections of the site.

Previously, she was an editor at Dotdash Meredith, working on evergreen commerce content for Real Simple. Before that, she was a product reviews writer who covered all of the best things you should buy across home, beauty, fashion, and lifestyle categories for Real Simple, PEOPLE, Travel+Leisure, Better Homes & Gardens, InStyle, Food&Wine, and more.

She started her career at the Good Housekeeping Institute, writing about all kinds of expert-recommended products, including everything from kitchen appliances to children’s toys. Amina graduated from Montclair State University in New Jersey, where she studied communications and journalism.