Bainbridge Death Support

Not the reaper.

Stars and seashells are made of me.
I am made of seashells and stars.

A two-frame strip on the Seattle waterfront: Miranda Sita hidden behind two enormous bouquets of dahlias, then laughing with the flowers in her arms.

The Doula

Celebrating being alive, on the Seattle waterfront, Washington

Miranda Sita, founder of Bainbridge Death Support, smiling and looking down, her long hair falling past her shoulders.

Principal Producer

Miranda Sita

she/they · Bainbridge Island, Washington

I make records of people's lives.

How I got here

I make records of people’s lives. My work is documentary and digital storytelling, the kind that turns a life into something you can hold. I start that conversation early, at home, with a camera and a microphone.

Before this

Creative Technologist & Death Doula

Media Production & Consulting
Editing, coding, and interview support for publishers, educators, and non-profits
Columbia Global Reports
2016–2020
Vox Creative, Vox Media
2014–2016

Training

Sacred Crossings Death Doula Intensive
Certification Training Program · Recognized by NEDA, 2025–present
Columbia University, School of Professional Studies
MS, Information and Knowledge Strategy · 2018–2020
NYU Tandon
BS, Integrated Digital Media · 2015

The full record is at mirandasita.com.

I followed that work here.

Hands holding an oyster shell and driftwood found at low tide on the Salish Sea (Puget Sound).

low tide, the Salish Sea (Puget Sound)

Miranda holding an oyster shell up in front of her face on the beach.

beach finds

A photo-booth strip from Chicago: the three of them laughing in front of a mosaic portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama; and her small son alone on a wide floor, looking up at four enormous salvaged letters spelling HOPE.
Certified End-of-Life Doula
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance
Remote, and in person here
Based on Bainbridge Island, working wherever the story is
NEDA Member, National End-of-Life Doula Alliance
Miranda and her toddler sitting together on a driftwood log among beach grass.

motherhood is the most mind-bending experience. Levi, my absolute joy


I live on the south end of Bainbridge Island with my people and my animals. The water is close. The ferry comes and goes.

Bainbridge Island, Washington · Est. 2025

north side walks with Levi

Bainbridge Death Support calls home the ancestral lands of the Suquamish People (suq̀wabš, the People of Clear Salt Water) and their Coast Salish relatives, who have tended these shores and waters since time immemorial, and tend them still. It's God's country. I'm so fortunate to be here.

If this place has given you something too, consider giving back through the Suquamish Foundation, which supports the Tribe's cultural revival, education, and community.

Call (206) 617-1199 or send an inquiry, and I’ll set up a free 15-minute call with you.

Not ready to connect yet? Read the Journal or join my newsletter and get to know my work quietly, from a distance. I don't update it often on purpose.

Photographs by Austin Sita and Mike Schneider.

Miranda Sita, Bainbridge Island. she/they

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