Alicia Kae Miller is a humanitarian, empathy activist, and founder of Empathy Uprise ®, a social movement galvanizing humanity toward greater compassion and less hate.
After spending over two decades working in corporate America and traveling to 20+ countries, Alicia recognized that "Empathy is inclusion, inclusion is belonging; we all want to belong." This realization compelled her to found Empathy Uprise ® in 2020 with a mission to shift humanity "from "me" to "we."
A national speaker, Alicia is known for bringing energy that rises to the spaces she inhabits.
Speaking from the heart, she engages listeners through a multi-sensory experience focused on interactive discussion, imagery, and personal truth. Her enthusiasm has propelled her to keynote and grace the stages of Western Industrial Nevada (WIN), SCORE National, and SCORE Austin. She is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and has been featured in Inc. Magazine, Vistage Research & Insights, and workshopped the power of empathy with 100+ Vistage International business executives, AAUW's National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), and Austin-based CapMetro.
Creator and host of Solidarists, a monthly videocast featuring conversations that shine a light on the dark parts of our lives, work, and communities, Alicia holds an MSc in Leadership and Change from St. Edward's University and a BA in Humanities and Cultural Studies from the Dominican University of California.
