Miranda Keith (she/her) is an Iowa native who received her bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Iowa State University in 2022. She is a poet, photographer, and entrepreneur. She has previously been published in The Word’s Faire, Tangled Locks Journal, and Santa Fe Writers Project. Miranda also qualified and competed in the 2026 Iowa Poetry Association’s Poetry Slam Finals. Her work explores the paradoxes of the human experience, overcoming trauma, and healing through humor and honesty.