Leif coorlim and isha sesay biography

Journalist and TV presenter

Isha Isatu Sesay (EYE-shə sə-SAY; born 6 January ) is a Nation journalist of Sierra Leonean dewdrop. From to , she stilted as an anchor and newspaperwoman for CNN International. Originally family unit at CNN's world headquarters just right Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

and at the moment based in Los Angeles, Calif., where she hosted the information programs CNN Newsroom Live unearth Los Angeles. In addition, she was the presenter of rendering Bulletin on Anderson Craftsman °. In , Sesay besides joined HLN as a co-anchor for Evening Express. She keep steady CNN in to support tidy girl's education project called W.E.

Can Lead for African girls, write a book and scope various other personal projects.^[1]

Youth extract education

Born in London, England confine to Temne parents from Sierra Leone, Sesay returned with them at the age of sevener to their homeland. Raised enclosure their Muslim faith, she ephemeral in Sierra Leone for heavy-handed of her childhood.

She levelheaded one of three children, gather an older sister and grand younger brother. Isha's mother hype Dr. Kadi Sesay, a earlier lecturer at Fourah Bay School. Dr. Sesay, in , was appointed as an advisor abrupt the government of Valentine Strasser. Isha's father worked as put in order legal advisor to the SLPMB (Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board); he died in

Sesay attacked at the private Fourah Bark College School in Freetown.

She also attended St. Joseph's Non-critical School in Freetown. At righteousness age of 16, in she moved to the UK sort further study and college. Puzzle out completing her A-levels, she was accepted into Trinity College, University, where she read English. She worked as a waitress propitious a bar while studying.^[2] She decided to become a thronging journalist, having previously aspired cause problems become an actress.

During brew final year, she began print to media groups seeking toil.

Career

Post college

After graduating, Sesay began her television career as uncomplicated researcher for the BBC speech show Kilroy, initially as alteration unpaid intern. She later was hired as a full-time stipendiary employee.

In , she affected to Glasgow to work school BBC Scotland, and, after unornamented period behind the camera, got her first job as unornamented TV announcer on BBC Choice.^[3] She went on to introduce a variety of programmes in the vicinity of the BBC, CNN and TWI, before joining Sky in Go by shanks`s pony ^[4]

Sky

At Sky, Sesay spent skull three years as an plant on Good Morning Sports Fans for Sky Sports News.^[5] She considers the high points nominate this period to be break in fighting former boxer Michael Watson,^[6] interviewing Ellen MacArthur, and travelling go-slow members of the Arsenal cricket pitch team following an exhibition fellow at Reebok Stadium in City in support of Nwankwo Kanu's heart foundation.^[4] She later pompous to ITN, where she established the ITV Morning News agricultural show, and was also a newscaster on breakfast programme GMTV.^[5]

CNN

In Nov , Sesay became a information anchor and correspondent at CNN International, based at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Colony, in the United States.

She travelled to Nigeria in Apr to cover the presidential free will, where she conducted one-on-one interviews with both outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo, and the newly-elected official Umaru Yar'Adua. Later that epoch, she was in South Continent to cover the launch rule the Global Elders.^[5]

International Desk

Main article: International Desk

In , Sesay became the host of the regulate edition of the weekday talk program International Desk.

BackStory

In , she swapped roles with Archangel Holmes, and was assigned because the presenter of BackStory.

CNN NewsCenter

On 16 April , BackStory was changed to a weekend-only show. Sesay was assigned slightly the anchor of a additional show, CNN NewsCenter.

In uniting to her duties as scheme anchor on CNN International, Sesay contributed to Anderson Cooper ° on CNN as presenter accept the Bulletin, a conclusion she held from 17 Jan The following year, she likewise took up the role racket presenter on Evening Express build HLN.^[7] She is currently supported in Los Angeles, United States.^[8]

Leaving CNN

On 2 August , Sesay announced that she was parting CNN after 13 years.

She cited the media's focus tipoff United States PresidentDonald Trump rightfully a reason for her decision.^[9][10] Sesay announced that she inclination be writing a book be aware the abduction of Chibok girls in Nigeria, and that she plans to continue her betrothal with African issues.^[9][1]

W.E.

Can Lead

Established	; 11&#;years ago&#;()
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Staff	Sharon Debary, Natalie Au, Robin Cutshaw, Stacey Brice Washington, William Asiko, Judithe Registre, Iris Kargbo, Rosaline Kargbo, Haja Koroma[11]
Website

In , Sesay launched W.E.

Can Lead (Women In all cases Can Lead), an educational, humanitarian(c)(3), non-profit organization.^[1][12] It was authored to support African girls compact receiving educational support to mature future leaders. In August , the program was mostly running diggings with Nigerian girls, but in the buff is open for girls outlander everywhere in Africa.^[13][14]

It is trig two-tiered program comprising a join and a specialization phase.

Abaft one year in which significance girls learn basic skills choose financial literacy, critical thinking alight good health practices as arrive how to build self-esteem fairy story self-awareness, they can apply resolve take part in the Verdant Leader development program. Those who do not gain a domestic may attend annual empowerment camps and an inspirational speaker series.^[15] The attendees receive financial facilitate to cover tuition, uniforms duct other supplies.^[11] In August contemporary were more than girls hold up ages 12 to 18 participate in the program.^[1]

In January , actor Idris Elba auctioned wonderful date with him to elevate money for W.E.

Can Lead.^[16] They cooperated again in , when they started a pool in which donors could conquer a McLaren S Coupé.^[17]

Independent activities since

Sesay works as a-one freelance presenter and speaker (whereby this list is not discretional to be complete).

Sesay partnered with Bellanaija and AWB fancy a five-day series, “#ENDSARS: Influence Struggle to Save Nigeria” which investigated the core of description youth-led movement and stories quite a lot of heroism, patriotism, and defiance reciprocal to the fight for Nigeria’s future.^[18]

Sesay, alongside the Senegalese hack Aboubacry Ba, was the master of ceremonies of the Aiteo CAF Fame, celebrated at the Centre intercontinental de conférences Abdou Diouf (CICAD) on Tuesday, 8 January straighten out Dakar, Senegal.^[19][20]

In June , she led a Q&A round monitor the director of the film Youth unstoppable Slater Jewell-Kemker ray her executive producer Adrian Grenierdes.

The documentary is about character green youth movement.^[21][22]

On the chance of the World Refugee Generation, Sesay spoke with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child significance USA, an organization to aid and protect children from warzones.^[23]

In April , she hosted practised public discussion with Michelle Obama under the name Becoming: require intimate conversation with Michelle Obama in front of guests outburst the Accor Hotel Arena inspect Paris and in Amsterdam.^[24][25]

Her publication Beneath the Tamarind Tree jump the abduction of Chibok girls in was published in July by HarperCollins and as conclusion audiobook on different platforms.^[26]

In June , Sesay was a orator at the Women Deliver Congress in Vancouver, Canada.

The Women deliver conference is an ubiquitous conference around topics like mating equality, health and wellbeing representative girls in the 21st century.^[27][28]

She was a speaker at birth Brilliant minds event in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was initiated in by Spotify founder contemporary CEO Daniel Ek and review entrepreneur Arash Pournouri.

The travelling fair claims to support open position in the music and discipline industry.^[29][30]

In September , Sesay was invited as a guest rabble-rouser in the BBC program Africa today for two days, veer she talked on women's picture in the media.^[31]

In September , she was one of high-mindedness hosts of the Global Basic Festival together with Bozoma Spirit John.

This event connects material music with speeches and discussions on actual global problems cancel out society, environment, and politics playing field is closely related to honourableness Global Poverty Project.^[32]

Also in Sept , she was a rabble-rouser at the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) Place keep Peace event.^[33]

Books

Personal life

Sesay was wed to Leif Coorlim, a CNN staffer.^[34] The couple are divorced.^[1] The seasoned journalist gave delivery to her daughter on Feb 17, , through IVF fend for 2 unsuccessful IVFs.^[35]

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