Lyla Bashan serves in the U.S. diplomatic corps for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Over the course of her nearly two decade career in international affairs she has crisscrossed the globe, living in Armenia, Tajikistan, and Guatemala and working throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Working for USAID, the Department of State, and non-governmental organizations, she has committed her career to being an ordinary hero and strives to help others to do so too.