Featured in Griots Republic magazine, Nia Magazine, Heart & Soul Magazine, Times Union (the leading newspaper for the New York state capital district), and on MindBodyGreen.com, MadameNoire.com, GovLoop.com, BlackandMarriedWithKids.com (BMWK), Blavity.com, HuffingtonPost.com, theGrio.com, the Dr. Vibe Show, and more, Lia (also known online as ‘Lia World Traveler’) is a sought after freelance writer, award-winning blogger, diversity and social inclusion advocate, clinically trained social worker with emphasis on childhood and family dynamics, event producer, social media personality, public speaker, and foreign policy expert. Lia is a wife and mother of two, and as a foreign service officer/diplomat lives overseas in Yerevan, Armenia. Find her online at LiaWorldTraveler.com or @liaworldtraveler (@liaworldtravels on Twitter) across social media.