Originally from Miami, FL, Miya completed her BS in Behavioral Neuroscience at Yale University, where she worked with local youth as a Community Health Educator and as a mentor for high school students. During her undergraduate career, she studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain and worked in an orphanage and taught English in Costa Rica. After graduation, Miya was selected as one of two policy interns at Obama for America National Headquarters. From headquarters, Ms. Cain was hired as a Field Organizer for the Obama campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada where she worked with the community to help Obama win the state, the first such feat for a Democrat since 1996. Most recently she worked as a White House Associate in the Office of the Vice President.