Kezia McKeague is director of government relations at the Washington office of the Council of the Americas. She is also a contributing blogger to AQ Online.

Prior to joining COA in 2011, McKeague was a legislative assistant for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where she co-authored multiple staff studies on U.S. policy towards Latin America. Previously, she was a researcher at the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America, a think tank in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a consultant for Freedom House. Kezia received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Spanish from Wake Forest University and a Masters in international affairs from Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires and Sciences Po-Paris.

Areas of Expertise: Congressional affairs, U.S.-Mexican relations.