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Ahriana Edwards

Vaila Shoes

Founder & CEO

Ahriana Edwards is the Founder & CEO of Vaila Shoes, a corporate-inspired footwear company for women with extended shoe sizes (9-14). In 2022, Ahriana launched Vaila Shoes after being driven by her passion for women empowerment and extended-size equality in the footwear industry. Her determination to have the Vaila brand stand for inclusivity and honoring working women landed her in features such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Nasdaq, Teen Vogue, and BET (to name a few). Her shoes have been seen in major runway and TV outlets and worn by WNBA players like Nneka Ogwumike. In just under 2 years of business, she launched her company into Macy’s and quickly became recognized in 2023 on the “Forbes 30 Under 30: Atlanta List”, “Most Brilliant Ideas List”, and crowned as “Atlanta’s Scrappiest Startup”. At her core, Ahriana’s on a mission to empower the steps of every working woman and help them look and feel good while doing it.