Miriam was a Master's student in the Motor Learning and Control program at Teachers College. She joined the NRL as a Research Associate to help assist with data collection for some of the innovative research projects currently underway.
Miriam is a dancer with a neuroscience background, and specialized in Dance for Parkinson's and Huntington's while completing her undergraduate studies at Hampshire College. She is a research collaborator with the Mobility and Exercise in Neurological Disorders (MEND) Laboratory at the Ohio State University, and teaches with Dance for PD® in Brooklyn.
Aside from her passion for movement interventions and research, Miriam is part of a Brazilian dance company, Silva Dance, and loves going to the beach and surfing!