Kiana Maria Sears currently serves as a member of the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board. She was appointed to this position in 2016 and elected in 2018. She is serving her second full term. She previously ran for Arizona Corporation Commissioner in 2018, but she did not win.

Kiana currently works as a Director of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships at Arizona State University. She previously worked as a corporate relations executive at the Valley of the Sun United Way, as an executive consultant for the Arizona Corporation Commission, and as a member of the research staff with the Arizona State Senate.

Kiana holds both a bachelor's degree in interpersonal and intercultural communication and a master's degree in public administration from Arizona State University. She lives in Mesa with her husband and their 2 daughters.