A National Merit Scholar and an AP Scholar, Mirza graduated from St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tenn. She won first place in Tulane University's Humanities Deep South Essay Contest and in the Wordsmith Competition, an essay contest for Memphis area schools, and she placed first at the Mandlebrot regional math competition. The recipient of the Ellen Field Todd Award, Mirza also was honored with a Sewanee Award for Excellence in writing.

An officer for her school's speech team, Mirza won first place in district competition in prose. She served as editor of Belles Lettres, St. Mary's literary magazine, and was a member of Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society, the math honor society Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club and her school's softball team.

Active in her community, she served on the March of Dimes Youth Leadership Council and as a tutor for Young Women Striving for Excellence. In addition, she was active in Muslim Youth of Memphis, through which she volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and the Memphis Food Bank. At IU, she plans to study speech writing and business.

Mirza is president of RHA at Collins Living-Learning Center (LLC), president of ABE (Lincoln) at IU, a member of the committee for fee review, vice-chair for the LLC arts council, and secretary of the Muslim student union.