SPEAKING
Creative Producer. Community Builder. Force Multiplier.
MIA KNOWS WHAT SHE’S TALKIN’ ABOUT.
Mia Ginaé’s topics carry heart, sharing her experience of making her own rules to move through the world on her own terms with audiences worldwide. As a keynote speaker and moderator, Mia brings her gaming expertise to explore the intersection of creativity, culture, and community in video games and entertainment.
Selected Topics
Creative Leadership + Operations
Helping creative teams turn ideas into actions.
Community + Culture
Connection, belonging, and opportunity
Career Development
Courage, career pivots, and creating your path.
Games + Reality
Finding real-world connection in digital worlds.
Featured Talks
The Chaotic Good’s Guide to Courage | TEDxLaSierraUniversity 2026
Drawing from a life shaped by bold decisions, knocked-down doors, and self-directed reinvention, program manager and community builder Mia Ginaé prescribes “chaotic good” not as reckless risk-taking or impulsive behavior, but as principled action guided by clarity, values, and accountability.
In the spirit of True Possible, the audience is invited behind the scenes of imperfect but purposeful decision-making and given a practical framework for accessing their own inner chaotic good, so they can make radical, beneficial moves in their work, relationships, and personal lives, even when outcomes aren’t guaranteed.
COMING SOON
Celebrating 10 Years of Watch Dogs 2 | San Diego Comic-Con 2026
At its 2016 release, Watch Dogs 2 reflected real-world topics such as politics, AI, wealth disparity, and even self-driving cars. And if you boot up the game today, it stands the test of time, with the same topics: politics, AI, wealth disparity, and, yes, self-driving cars.
This panel not only celebrates the game but also opens the door to discuss AI ethics, surveillance & privacy, and the dynamics of power in the tech world. We examine what fictional groups like DedSec can teach us about community and resistance in a digitized age, featuring actors and creatives from the game and real-life digital resista
Awards + Recognition
Industry Champion Award
Black in Gaming Awards - 2024
Elon University 10 Under 10
Elon University - 2022
Top 100 Women in Gaming
She Plays Games - 2022
Press + Media
Nine PBS: Mia Ginaé Watkins | Boeing Neighborhood Hero
Mia Ginaé was interviewed by her hometown’s PBS station for “Meet Nine PBS’s Neighborhood Heroes,” a series where PBS chats with St. Louisans working in STEM professions to encourage career exploration among early learners and their families.
Media Kit
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