Journalist & Pre-Accelerator Coordinator
News Features
From an appearance on MSNBC to newspaper features - dive into the media moments that showcase my expertise, unique perspective, and contributions to meaningful conversations.
Reporters interested in speaking with me about tech, culture, and/or social justice can reach out via email: msbylines@gmail.com.
How To Accelerate The Future Of Innovation At HBCUs
"Miranda Perez, a graduate of historically Black Clark Atlanta University, is working to bring more attention to the entrepreneurial talent emerging from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). According to Perez, “We have long read the headlines about ‘MIT Student Founders’ and ‘Silicon Valley Founders’ creating innovation. It’s about time that entrepreneurs from HBCUs get the same level of recognition.” As a program coordinator at the HBCU Founders Initiative (HBCUFI), she organizes the largest HBCU-centered pre-accelerator in the country."
Promoting education equity for Hispanic Americans
In 2021, Miranda was invited to appear on MSNBC’s The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross to discuss Hispanic/Latinx enrollment at Historically Black Colleges, a segment that reached an audience of approximately 1.2 million viewers.
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During the live broadcast, she shared her decision to enroll at Clark Atlanta University and reflected on her identity as a Puerto Rican with African, Indigenous, and Spanish ancestry.
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Initiative Empowers HBCU Students and Alums as Entrepreneurs
"Sometimes we’ll have students who are just about to graduate, sometimes we’re working with freshmen, and other times we’re working with alumni who graduated decades ago and are just excited to finally be in a space that caters to them as an HBCU founder,” says Miranda Perez, program coordinator. “As an HBCU grad myself, I can attest that we don’t have these opportunities exposed to us.”
Artificial Intelligence and Technology: The New Horror Film Frontier?
"We’re definitely at that point now where I see so many people get actively dependent on tech. It’s exciting to talk about the future of tech and tech making things easier. As someone who reports on tech, I think about how AI can get and how it can spiral like it does in a lot of movies,” media-tech reporter Miranda Perez admitted to Boardroom about the evolution of dystopian tech terror films. In Perez’s eyes, watching films such as Smart House may be a bit more “cringey” in 2022, as we’ve graduated to Alexa, Siri, and other smart home apparatuses, as demonstrated in Jordan Peele’s Us when Alexa was ordered to call the police during a time of distress and instead played N.W.A.’s “Fuck Tha Police.”It’s scary because it’s relatable. Film is art, and art reflects life — both good and bad. I think the possibilities that creatives think of are never too farfetched from a reality,” Perez added. “It’s exciting to explore, but it’s scary to think about how unmonitored people are with their tech interactions and tech consumptions.”
Boston Speaks Up with Miranda Perez, HBCU Founders Initiative
Latin American founders see VC funding drop as investors retreat from underrepresented cohorts
"The reality remains that women and minorities are not faring well right now when it comes to raising VC, and promises of change have dissipated. Last year, Latin American-founded U.S. companies raised $8.5 billion. Through the end of Q3 2022, that number stands at $2.7 billion, meaning it won’t even come close to passing last year’s record-breaking sum.“It’s disappointing but not surprising that funding for Latino founders is down this much,” Miranda Perez, the program coordinator of the HBCU Founders Initiative, told TechCrunch, adding that investors need to take much more responsibility when it comes to “deploying opportunities for the advancement of marginalized communities.”