Talyn Rahman-Figueroa is a British diplomatic consultant and the founder and CEO of Grassroot Diplomat, a not-for-profit diplomatic consultancy established in 2011. Born and raised in London, England, she holds a BA in Japanese and management from SOAS, with further language training at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. She also earned an MA in diplomatic studies from the University of Westminster and completed additional training at the United Nations and the European Union.