[2][3] She was trained in classical piano as a child and began pursuing a degree in music before ending both endeavors because they were "creatively limiting".

[4] Margaret has had various jobs prior to becoming a musician, including a nanny, book store clerk, and dental assistant.

[5] She describes the genre of her music as "sleep rock," and has been compared to artists including Imogen Heap, the Postal Service, Nick Drake, and Broken Social Scene.

[13] Margaret’s song "Birthday" was remixed by artists Ryan Hemsworth and swim good now and released on streaming services on September 3, 2019.

This resulted in experimentation with ambient synthesizer meditations that came to comprise Mia Gargaret; there are no vocals featured on the record, excluding the final track.