Expertise
Hidden Gems, Hiking & Outdoor Fun, Restaurants to Visit
- Miranda caught the travel bug young shuttling between Maine and New York every summer as a kid.
- She loves exploring the outdoors and nature just as much as she loves finding a hidden gem of a cafe or thrift store in big urban cities.
- She has been to 4 of the 7 continents and hopes to visit as many more places and cultures as possible!
Experience
Miranda has focused on writing, editing, and film & media all throughout her academic experience. At Tufts University, she was the managing editor of Melisma Magazine and an arts writer and copy editor for The Tufts Daily. For Melisma, she wrote concert reviews and music features; for The Daily, she reviewed films and television shows. In college, she fell in love with writing fiction, too, and qualified to write a feature-length screenplay as her senior honors thesis, for which she was awarded High Thesis Honors. Miranda is also interested in film production and screenwriting and has worked on various film sets in various roles, including script supervisor, assistant director, and many, many stints as production assistant.
Education
Miranda graduated from Tufts University with a double B.A. in English and in film & media studies.
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