Miral Sattar is the founder of Zarez Media, a full service SEO, AI, and social media services agency based in NY. Zarez Media uses data and analytics to launch books and podcasts, as well as social media tools to reach audiences through such platforms as her widely popular viral BookToks.
Most recently, she has been devoting her time to her kids fiction pod cast, Bearily Bear Stories(over 400,000 subscribers), that was named Best Podcast of 2022 by Common Sense Media, Best Story Podcast by Romper and featured as a "Podcast We Love" on Apple's Podcast Homepage.
Fans can also find her on TikTok and Instagram (@miralreads), where she raises awareness about diversity in kids' publishing and media.
Miral has served on the board for Gotham Media Group and Women's Media Group. She has lectured at Yale, NYU, CUNY, Pace, and other universities across America and has helped numerous books become bestsellers; thousands of publishing professionals have benefitted from her tech training courses for writers. Miral hosts panels and workshops at conferences around the world.
She has been featured in BBC World News, TIME, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NY Daily News, PBS, and Consumer Reports, among other media outlets. Previously she managed the product development group at TIME Magazine. She holds an M.S. in Publishing (Digital + Print Media) from NYU and a B.S. from Columbia University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.