Vera Miao was born in Guam, to working class immigrants from Taiwan. Her family ended up in New York, where film and television were her babysitters, and where she graduated from Barnard College. Early political activism led to a great career in the nonprofit, social justice sector. But in 2006, Miao made a heart-based decision and came full circle to film and television, to stories, that shaped her into the person that she is today. In NYC, Miao attended the Atlantic Theater Company’s Professional Conservatory program, founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy. In 2008, in the midst of the historic writer’s strike and months before the collapse of the global economy, Miao moved to Los Angeles, where she continues to pursue acting, writing, and filmmaking. She is most proud of the apocalyptic road trip feature, Best Friends Forever that she co-wrote, produced and co-starred in. Best Friends Forever premiered at Slamdance in 2013, and is widely available on Cable/VOD, iTunes, Amazon, Google, and Vudu and DVD. Miao also wrote, produced and starred in a queer webseries, Mission: Rebound, about the comedic misadventures of two friends.