Her work has shown in numerous venues such as the Denver Art Museum, Colorado; American Museum of Ceramic Art, California; ASU Ceramic Research Center, Arizona; and Goodwin Fine Art. She is a recipient of a Colorado Council on the Arts fellowship, a PROF grant from the University of Denver, and residencies at Kohler Arts in Industry, Wisconsin; and Guldagergaard International Research Center, Denmark. Mia received her B.F.A from Arizona State University and her M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art.