Someone’s Gotta Give: Book Conversation with Alisha Fernandez Miranda ’04 & Gloria Calderón Kellett
The HCSC is partnering with Zibby's Bookshop for a conversation with award-winning Cuban-American author Alisha Fernandez Miranda ’04, about her debut novel, Someone’s Gotta Give, which takes you inside the world of extreme wealth and charitable giving. Alisha will be interviewed by award-winning writer, producer, director, actress and activist Gloria Calderón Kellett. The price includes a book copy and a 45-minute meet-and-greet with the author at 5 pm before the general event at 6 pm. Alisha’s book tour is raising money for nonprofits across the country supporting immigrants and refugees. This event will support This is About Humanity. Space is limited.
Monday, October 6, 2025 @ 5:00-7:00pm
Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
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Cost: $25, Members; $30, Nonmembers; $70, to attend the event and + 1-year Harvard Club membership
Contact: Jose Sanchez, sanchezfernandez695@gmail.com
Parking: Limited free parking at bookstore and metered street parking is available.
About the author’s new book:
After her successful memoir My What If Year, which was a best new book in People Magazine and the Boston Globe, Alisha is back with a fun, witty debut novel that takes you inside the world of extreme wealth and charitable giving. Lucia thought she had it all figured out—until life in London as a new mom and expat turned everything upside down. She’s barely holding it together when she unexpectedly lands a glamorous job as a philanthropic adviser at London’s poshest private bank. But is the world of the über-wealthy everything that it’s cracked up to be? At work, she’s rubbing elbows with royals; at home, her teething one-year-old is up at all hours of the night, and her husband’s growing connection to his ex-girlfriend is raising suspicions. Can Lucia juggle Buckingham Palace visits, private island getaways, and late-night cocktails at secret clubs while keeping her family intact and staying true to herself?
About the author:
Alisha Fernandez Miranda is the award-winning Cuban-American author of the novel Someone’s Gotta Give. Her writing has been published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Shondaland, and numerous other publications. Alisha is the current chair at I.G. Advisors, a leading social impact agency that consults the world’s biggest non-profits, including the Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation and UN Women. Alisha is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard University, and speaks on women’s empowerment, social impact and sustainability. Born and raised in Miami, Alisha currently lives in Scotland with her husband and children. To read more: www.alishafmiranda.com.
About the moderator:
Gloria Calderón Kellett is an award-winning writer, producer, director, actress and activist. Most notably, she was an executive producer, co-creator, co-showrunner, director, and actress on the Emmy-winning sitcom “One Day at a Time”; an executive producer, creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed Amazon Original series, “With Love” and an executive producer on the critically acclaimed Amazon and Blumhouse Television, series “The Horror of Dolores Roach.” Her new critically acclaimed play One of the Good Ones was the first Latine commission for the Pasadena Playhouse and ended its run with the 5th highest grossing box office in the theater’s history.
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