Mirjam Donath was born in Budapest, Hungary, where she developed a love of telling stories colorfully from her grandmother who was a journalist during the censored communist era. Mirjam specializes in Business and Economic Reporting at New York University after being a reporter for the Hungarian Public Radio, working as a Robert Schuman Journalism Fellow for the European Parliament and receiving a Fulbright grant to study journalism at Columbia University. Her goal is to to follow in her grandmother's path and excel in storytelling.