Kira M. Newman is a writer for Tech Cocktail interested in startups, innovation, and new trends. In 2012, she returned from a 6-month whirlwind tour of Asia, where she met tons of welcoming, inspiring, and infectiously passionate entrepreneurs.

Kira has been published in the Huffington Post, Social Media Monthly, The New Individualist, and American.com. She writes about honesty at Honesty Experiment.

In college, Kira spent a semester in Paris, where she nurtured her love of the French language and baguettes. Now, she’s returned there for three months of bliss and blogs about Cafes in Paris. When she’s not discussing ideas over tea, Kira can also be found swing dancing.

Previously, Kira was an editorial assistant at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. She graduated from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) with a BA in Philosophy and minors in English and Communications.