Alisha Fernandez Miranda

Alisha Fernandez Miranda is an award-winning Cuban-American author. Her first book, the memoir, My What If Year, was a "Best New Book" in People magazine and The Boston Globe. Her writing has been published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Shondaland, and numerous other publications. Alisha is the current Chair of I.G. Advisors, a leading social impact agency that consults the world’s biggest non-profits, including the Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, and UN Women. Alisha is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard University, and speaks regularly on women’s empowerment, social impact, and sustainability. She currently lives in Scotland with her husband and children.

Hometown

Miami, FL but I currently call Edinburgh, Scotland home

Favorite author

For the classics, Jane Austen. For a story I can’t put down, Curtis Sittenfeld, but my list of favorites is LONG.

Favorite place in the world

Matheson Hammock Park in Miami, sitting on the rocks overlooking the Miami skyline

Favorite place to read

The beach. Also the bath. Anywhere near water I guess

Books by this Author

  • Someone's Gotta Give

    Someone's Gotta Give

    by Alisha Fernandez Miranda

    Published August 5th 2025

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  • My What If Year

    My What If Year

    by Alisha Fernandez Miranda

    Published February 7th 2023

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