Miho Aida

Miho Aida | Educator, Filmmaker & Activist

Miho Aida (she/they) is originally from the Island of Rising Sun, aka Japan. The two characters of her name 民 (mi) 穂(ho) represents her parents’ wish for her to become a creator of the greater democracy and a protector of people, culture and environment. Her birthdate is a day that the US Congress officially recognized as Women’s Equality Day. Miho thrives to live up to her name and birthdate. She is the founder of an environmental media project called “If She Can Do It, You Can Too: Empowering Women Through Outdoor Role Models.” By producing videos and films of dynamic outdoor women of color, Miho hopes for girls and women of color to have role models who look, sound and live like them so that they know what outdoor careers, adventures and leadership opportunities are possible. As a Liv-Cycling supported adventure cyclist, Miho has taken her award-winning film: The Sacred Place Where Life Begins: Gwich’in Women Speak on bicycle film tours since 2014, riding over 3,000 miles across the country. On her tours, in collaboration with the Gwich’in Steering Committee, the Sierra Club and Patagonia, Miho is calling for a permanent protection of Gwich’in people’s sacred land from oil development in the Arctic. She is a featured athlete among the 2019 World’s Most Adventurous Women in Men’s Journal as well as the recipient of 2018 NOLS Alumni Achievement Award and the 2017 SHIFT Adventure Athlete Award. She also serves as the Director of Equity & Inclusion and Environmental Science Educator at NatureBridge and a member of In Solidarity Project and its Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge.