Elisha Miranda is a Puerto Rican filmmaker, novelist and educator from the Mission District of San Francisco, California but has resided in New York since 1998. Elisha earned her MFA from Columbia University in Screenwriting and Directing, her MCP from MIT and her BA in Ethnic Studies and English from the University of California at Berkeley. Under her pen name, E-Fierce she wrote her debut young adult novel, The Sistahood: On the Mic, about a multi-racial, all female hip-hop crew, published by Simon & Schuster. She is also a contributing author to the anthologies Juicy Mangos, Other Rican and The Fire This Time.  She’s was a Co-Founder of Chica Luna Productions, an east Harlem non-profit that seeks to identify, develop and support women of color who wish to create socially conscious entertainment.  Currently, she is in development with her a television show she co-created called Sangria Street – The Latina Sex in the City you’ve been waiting for coming soon to a TV network near you and a teen super hero web series called The Go Girl Chronicles. Elisha also teaches college creative writing, screenwriting and directing while she works on her next young adult novel and feature film project. To learn more about Elisha and her work, visit www.elishamiranda.com.