catherine miranda (born october 5, 1964) is an american educator and democratic party politician who served in the arizona senate, representing the 27th electoral district from 2015 to 2019. she was a member of the arizona house of representatives from 2011 to 2015. miranda was first elected in the 16th district, the same seat that her late husband, ben miranda, had held. she was then redistricted to the 27th district. miranda served on the roosevelt school district school board and cites education cuts as the reason she ran for a seat in the state legislature.