With deep roots in New York City, Miranda Holschneider Schrade's motto is "Science for People and Planet." She is an undergraduate majoring in applied mathematics eager to advance understanding of women-technology interaction. She was an early recruit to a $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities-funded project "creating an intergenerational oral history collection of 42 interviews exploring alienation from nature and traditional practices in the face of climate change in Queens, New York​​." She is also doing research on the possibility of implementing an autonomous drone system in New York City and estimating noise and signal underwater using Bayesian learning. 

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She assembled the first William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in her college's history. Holschneider Schrade is fluent in English, German and Spanish. A reader at heart, she has produced over thirty-five thought-provoking films, receiving widespread recognition through screenings at Tribeca, Science New Wave Film Festival, and Labocine. As an intern, she informed the curation and visitor experience of upcoming exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art.

 

On Building a Liberal Arts Education Where None Existed:

• She chose the most difficult major for her–math–because it’s where she had the most to learn.

• She took courses like Pre-Med Physiology & Anatomy, where she was the only math major in the room.

• She built LaGuardia’s first Putnam math team–if MIT and Harvard dominate it, why not compete?

• She presented faculty-guided math research based on linear algebra to locate underwater sound sources.

• She represented LaGuardia at the National Model UN, where she wowed Montenegro’s ambassador.

• She opened up curatorial interpretation at MoMA, working with PhDs and chief curators–while taking Calc II, philosophy, and politics full-time.

• She led as the professional director of her Society of Women Engineers chapter, hosting panels with CEOs.

• She engaged high-level donors from CUNY and MoMA, helping raise visibility and resources for her school.

• She worked across winter, spring, summer, and winter again, with one week of break in two years.

Miranda has made herself and her college impossible to ignore.

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At a college with limited upper-level liberal arts infrastructure, she independently sought advanced courses across a broad spectrum. These included:

• STEM & Logic: Calculus I-III, General Physics I-II 

• Biological Inquiry: Pre-Med Anatomy and Physiology, Neuroscience

• Ideology: Philosophy, Global Politics

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Currently, she is the Professional Director at her school's Society of Women Engineers chapter and President of Women in Tech.​​​

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