Mackenzie Miller, originally from Pennsylvania, United States, pursued a Master’s Degree in Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien, Taiwan. She previously studied English and journalism with a minor in international studies at Goshen College. Mackenzie began studying Mandarin Chinese in high school, which led her to also spend a year in Nanjing, China, in 2019. She is an invested storyteller, passionate about grounding narratives in the overlooked voices of others as a tool for cultural and linguistic preservation. Her master's thesis, "'O pirayray no kiwkay to sowal no Pangcah': Entanglements of Pangcah Language Revitalization With(in) the Presbyterian Church if Taiwan" explores the intersection of language and religion in an Indigenous community in Hualien, Taiwan.
