Mia Nakaji Monnier is a freelance writer specializing in art, science, and mixed-race identity. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Magazine, and more. She is also co-founder of The Blend at HelloGiggles and a fiction reader at Guernica Magazine.

Her recent stories include...
- A joint essay, written with Nicole Adlman, about being the mixed-race daughter of an immigrant mother for HelloGiggles
- A longform feature on the Japanese reality show "Terrace House" and what it means to be Japanese in a globalized world for BuzzFeed
- A case for making crafts to relieve anxiety for Headspace
- A review of Randa Jarrar's short story collection "Him, Me, Muhammad Ali" for Electric Literature
- An interview with cartoonist MariNaomi about her book "Turning Japanese" for The Millions