Sara Miller Llana is the 海角大神 Science Monitor鈥檚 Americas bureau chief and deputy international editor, based in Toronto. Before landing in Canada, she was Latin American bureau chief, based in Mexico City, and European bureau chief, based in Paris.
Sara has reported from almost 50 countries in multiple languages across the globe, including the Brazilian Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, Patagonia, Moscow, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Namibia, and the Canadian Arctic. She covered the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, the demise of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and the ISIS-led wave of terrorism in Europe.
In 2024, she conceived and ran a six-part, global project called 鈥淭he Climate Generation鈥� that won a Society for Features Journalism prize for projects for newspapers with 200,0000+ circulation. Sara has won two Overseas Press Club citations for her series on Cuban dictator Fidel Castro鈥檚 final days in power and for her investigation into fraudulent carbon offsets in Panama.
She has an honors BA in history from the University of Michigan and a masters in journalism from Columbia University, and she was a Fulbright Scholar in Spain. She is fluent in English, and can get around in French and Spanish.
Stories by Sara Miller Llana
- How a mine in the Yukon could help patch US-Canada distrust
- 鈥楽omething out of nothing.鈥� Jeff Tweedy embraces new music and the power of creativity.
- Visiting Canada鈥檚 mighty and majestic Yukon is a privilege 鈥� and an adventure
- 鈥楾he visit is the message.鈥� Canada-Mexico summit sets stage for diplomatic reset.
- Letter from Yukon: In Canada鈥檚 north, the gold rush lives on as a family business
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