More about me.

Alisha Fernandez Miranda is the award-winning author of My What If Year, which was released in February 2023. Detailing her year of unpaid internships in the dream jobs of her childhood, the book follows Alisha on her quest to figure out what might have happened if her life had taken a different path. Alisha has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and on local news stations across the US. My What If Year has been featured in Marie Claire and was chosen as a Best New Book by People Magazine and the Boston Globe.

Her next book, Unrestricted Giving, will be released by Zibby Books in 2025. It tells the story of Lucia, a Latina non-profit exec and all around do-gooder who is juggling new motherhood in London. When she lands a dream job advising the rich and powerful on their philanthropy, she must learn to tell the difference between meaning well and doing good.

Alisha is the co-author of 50 Years: Kinloch Lodge, a culinary celebration of one of the Isle of Skye’s most exceptional hotels, which won a 2023 Guild of Food Writers Award. She hosts the podcasts Extra Shot with Alisha Fernandez Miranda and the award-winning Quit Your Day Job.

Alisha is a Cuban-American, born and raised in Miami who has spent her adult life in New York and London. She is currently based in Scotland.

In addition to being an intern, Alisha is the ex-CEO and current Chair at I.G. Advisors, an award-winning social impact intelligence agency that consults to the world’s biggest non-profits, companies and foundations on their philanthropy and social impact. She counts among her clients the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation and UN Women. She speaks and writes regularly on women’s empowerment, social impact and sustainability.  

Alisha also built and launched an app called Not My Style, focused on sustainable fashion and is a proud graduate of Harvard University and the London School of Economics.

Alisha loves to read, travel, sing, watch Gilmore Girls, be served coffee in bed by her adoring/long-suffering husband, and hide from her 12-year old twins when they want to play Pokemon or watch The Traitors. Her writing has been published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Romper, The Good Trade, Insider, The Hopkins Review and more.