This week’s More Than Work Podcast guest Miriam Herst-Stein is Deputy Editor of All Things Hair, a website by Unilever. She is also a writer and a current student at the University of Denver where she is earning her Master’s in Creative Nonfiction Writing in a remote program. After graduating high school, Miriam took a gap year during which she attended a program in Jewish studies that also included writing. There, she solidified her interest in pursuing it as a career. Before getting her job at All Things Hair she was a nanny in New York City. In the last 5 years, she has worked her way up from intern to her current role.

She currently lives in Crown Heights, New York and enjoys balancing her professional work in beauty writing with her personal pursuits. She also reads in her downtime but mostly fiction. Her personal writing as well as her academic pursuits are focused on nonfiction so the fiction gives her a break!

Miriam’s faith, Hassidic Judaism is a very important part of her life. She discusses it in her writings and was also open to discussing how it impacts her personally and professionally during our chat.

Note from Rabiah (Host): I have a lot of respect for the people who pursue writing as a career. It is something I held at an arm’s length for much of my life but never took a chance at professionally. I really enjoyed hearing from Miriam on how she was so determined to stay in NYC and write was really inspiring. I also appreciate her taking the time to explain her faith to me. It is so important to hear others’ perspectives and I’m grateful this podcast lets me do that because the guests are willing to share.

Find Miriam All Things Hair: https://www.allthingshair.com/en-us/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miriam.herst.stein

Mentioned in this episode  Ilana Herst: https://open.spotify.com/artist/73YFQvD0Tq7v67hhWmNoBA?si=BdWc4KujSwCKa5qT0pbYxQ

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