Mia Nakaji Monnier is a freelance journalist and essay writer specializing in art, science, and mixed-race identity. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe; BuzzFeed; O, The Oprah Magazine; and more. She is also co-founder of The Blend at HelloGiggles and an alum of Guernica Magazine and bilingual Japanese American community newspaper The Rafu Shimpo.

Selected clips:
- Personal essay on Japanese comfort food, code-switching, and anxiety​ for Shondaland
- Personal essay/long-form reporting on reality show "Terrace House" and what it means to be Japanese in a globalized world for BuzzFeed
- Profile of superhero romance novelist Sarah Kuhn for HelloGiggles
- Mini profile of activist Athena Mari Asklipiadis for O, The Oprah Magazine
- Short interview with "The Tiger Hunter" writer/director Lena Khan for Los Angeles Magazine
- Long interview with comic artist Yumi Sakugawa for The Rumpus
- Book review of Randa Jarrar's short story collection "Him, Me, Muhammad Ali" for Electric Literature