Miya Saika Chen is a writer and mother from Oakland, California. After working as a lawyer in community-based organizations for over a decade, she is now Chief of Staff for a newly elected Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas. She has a deep love for family and animals, and her adventures in monarch raising and pollinator gardening are documented at https://www.instagram.com/norwoodbutterflygarden/.
