Nonprofit and Corporate Communications

Over the course of her career, Mika has held staff positions in communications at The Scripps Research Institute, The Rockefeller Group (a conglomerate that included Rockefeller Center Management, Radio City Music Hall, and Cushman & Wakefield), The Rockefeller University, and public relations agency Geto & deMilly.

She has also worked on a freelance basis for organizations including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Chiron Corporation (now part of Novartis), and Beth Israel Hospital. Projects have included creating annual reports, newsletters, and website content, including overviews of health conditions such as traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and chronic pain. Mika also contributed chapters to San Francisco: Built on the Entrepreneurial Spirit, From the Gold Rush to Cyberspace (Chamber of Commerce, Marcoa Publishing).

Mika has received many awards for her work.

A regular contributor to the Books Section of Essence Magazine, Mika has reviewed books including: When She Was White by Judith Stone; Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thingo; Someone Knows My Name: A Novel (released as The Book of Negroes in Canada) by Lawrence Hill; Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol; Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke; Letters from Black America by Pamela Newkirk; The Women Who Raised Me by Victoria Rowell; and Train of Salt and Sugar by Licinio De Azevedo.

Mika also contributes health and wellness articles to the Huffington Post, Yang Sheng, and other publications.