Lia Miller

Lia Miller is a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State currently serving as the Consul General (Principal Officer) of the U.S. Consulate in Barcelona, where she applies her over 20 years of experience as a Foreign Service Officer and global strategic communications and policy expert. She has worked extensively on issues across the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, demonstrating leadership and innovation in communications, humanitarian relief, democratic reform, social inclusion, diversity, and other foreign policy priorities/objectives.

Lia is also an award-winning and sought-after freelance writer, content strategist, editor, and speaker, with publications in Essence, Ebony, The Huffington Post, Parents, Business Insider, MindBodyGreen, and many others. See her work at: https://www.liaworldtraveler.com.

She holds dual Masters in Public Administration (MPA) and International Relations (MAIR) from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, a Masters of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from Columbia University, and a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies (MA) from the U.S. Naval War College. She speaks Spanish and has studied Armenian, Arabic, French, and Portuguese.