Miya Norfleet
St. Louis on the Air ProducerMiya Norfleet is a lifelong St. Louisan with a love of storytelling and community engagement. Before joining St. Louis on the Air, Miya served as the founding Director of Digital Communication at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri and associate producer at Nine PBS. Notable projects include producing the weekly public affairs program “Stay Tuned” and two feature-length documentaries, “Works in Progress” and “Gentlemen of Vision.” Miya is a proud graduate of Webster University with a bachelor’s degree in Video Production and spent five months at the Hua Hin/Cha-Am, Thailand campus.
In her free time, Miya is enjoying time with her niece and nephews, shopping for new houseplants, relearning how to roller skate, visiting museum exhibits, going to concerts and dining at local restaurants.
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Propel Kitchens, located in Pagedale, gives people a second chance by combining career training with care that goes above and beyond a traditional food industry job.
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Kelly McGowan founded Transform 314 to engage and educate Black St. Louisans on local government and civic processes.
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For Black creatives, getting their “big break” in the television and film industry in St. Louis often means being the only non-white crew member and fighting to get a foot in the door toward a sustainable career.
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After months of crowdsourcing recipes, the Global Foods Market Cookbook is published.
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For women and people of color, workplace bullying is more than an annoyance. It’s life-altering — and possibly life-ending.
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Stylists across the St. Louis region have seen an uptick in the popularity of the 1980s-era hairdo, with those sporting it emphasizing the cut's cultural significance.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri is recruiting volunteers who can relate to the mentees enrolled in its program.
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If you’re going to ignore the tornado and flash flood warnings, it might as well be productive. A National Weather Service meteorologist shares how.
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A Missouri History Museum event brings new attention to an antebellum insurrection plot that was secretly devised by free Black Americans in St. Louis — and how an insubordinate war hero ticked off Lincoln with his antics to free enslaved Missourians during the Civil War.
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Astrology has captured the attention of philosophers, political leaders and the general populace for millennia. How has it remained a staple in pop culture?
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50 years after the Endangered Species Act was passed, scientists at Missouri Botanical Gardens look forward to the next decade and beyond.
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For Ki Chapman, double Dutch is more than a game.