Alisha Fernandez Miranda w/ Emily Inslee, SOMEONE'S GOTTA GIVE

Alisha Fernandez Miranda visits the store for her debut novel, Someone's Gotta Give, a fun, witty book that takes you inside the world of extreme wealth and charitable giving. She'll be joined in conversation by Emily Inslee.

Lucia thought she had it all figured out—until life in London as a new mom and expat turned everything upside down. She’s barely holding it together when she unexpectedly lands a glamorous job as a philanthropic adviser at London’s poshest private bank. But is the world of the über-wealthy everything that it’s cracked up to be?

At work, she’s rubbing elbows with royals; at home, her teething one-year-old is up at all hours of the night, and her husband’s growing connection to his ex-girlfriend is raising suspicions.

Can Lucia juggle Buckingham Palace visits, private island getaways, and late-night cocktails at secret clubs while keeping her family intact and staying true to herself?

With philanthropy being prominent in this book, Alisha wanted to highlight the local nonprofit This Is About Humanity at this event. To find out more and to consider donating, click here.

Alisha Fernandez Miranda is an award-winning Cuban-American author. Her first book, the memoir, My What If Year, was a Best New Book in People magazine and The Boston Globe. Her writing has been published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Shondaland, and numerous other publications. Alisha is the current chair at I.G. Advisors, a leading social impact agency that consults the world’s biggest non-profits, including the Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation and UN Women. Alisha is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard University, and speaks on women’s empowerment, social impact and sustainability. She currently lives in Scotland with her husband and children. www.alishafmiranda.com • @alishafmiranda

For the past 11 years, Emily Inslee has been a member of the Gates Foundation’s Philanthropic Partnerships team. Her work focuses on building and mobilizing the next generation of champions for global health and development, ensuring that philanthropy helps the world’s most vulnerable children survive and thrive. Emily collaborates with and cultivates philanthropists and philanthropic organizations to close the gap between intent and action through action-oriented learning, engagement, and funding opportunities. Prior to joining the foundation, Emily was a Nutrition Policy Fellow at Global WACh and began her career at Mathematica Policy Research. Emily holds an MPA and Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Evans School at the University of Washington and a BA in International Business with minors in Economics and Political Science from Western Washington University.

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