Ep 73: Diplomatic Diaries: Brenda Soya’s Adventures in Cultural Exchange

Brenda Soya is the Public Affairs Officer at the Consulate General in Mumbai. She directs public diplomacy and outreach efforts to reach 400 million people in western India, further U.S. policy, and strengthen people-to-people relations.  She leads Consulate General Mumbai’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility organization and is committed to the aspirational goal of women’s economic empowerment. Her State Department career includes working in Sierra Leone, the Holy See (Vatican), Togo, and Burkina Faso. 

Brenda received a master’s degree in security studies at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, and used that degree to teach International Relations at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.  Brenda has a B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder, was a Presidents Leadership Class and a Boettcher scholar. 

In this conversation, Brenda is sharing her personal ideas and not as a representative of any organization or of the U.S. Department of State.