Milena is a doctoral student in cultural anthropology at the University of Montana-Missoula (UM), United States. She holds a Master’s degree in History from UM and a combined B.A. and M.A. in Near East History and International Relations, with minors in Turkish and Arabic from the Tbilisi Institute of Asia and Africa in the Republic of Georgia.

Milena is fluent in Russian, Georgian, and Armenian. Her research interests include ethno-religious intermarriage, human rights, ethnic conflict, and international development in the South Caucasus region.