Verna Mills

Verna Mills, also known as Verna Morris-Mills, is a diplomat from Saint Kitts and Nevis. She is currently the country's ambassador to Cuba, the first woman to hold that role. She also serves as the non-resident ambassador to Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya. Biography Mills was born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, and grew up in Tabernacle. After attending primary and secondary school in Saint Kitts, she left in 1999 to study in Cuba, earning her bachelor's degree in philology from the University of Santiago de Cuba in 2005. After returning to Saint Kitts later that year, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a junior foreign service officer, working on the Latin America desk. In 2013, she graduated with a master's in diplomacy and international relations from the Diplomatic School of Spain.