Lilliana Miller is a NYC-based journalist, researcher, dancer, choreographer, and digital media creative. She is a 2025 Meisel Scholar and holds two degrees from Fordham University including a B.F.A. in dance through the Fordham/Alvin-Ailey B.F.A. program and a B.A. in English in the Creative Writing Concentration. Her work has been published with Pointe Magazine, The Dance Enthusiast, and Motion By Degrees and currently serves on STRATUM Research Journal's Editorial Team and as a lead Editor, Visual Branding Director, and contributing writer to Motion By Degrees. Alongside developing her dance and choreographic research, Lilliana freelances across the fields of dance, digital media, marketing & communications, graphic design, education, and journalism. Grounded in research, curiousity, and investigative learning, her academic and creative works aim to explore the intersections of human communication, movement, cultural exchange, and storytelling; as well as their role in shaping our human experience and how we find common ground.