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Inspiration: Isha Sesay
ESSAY BY   KELSEY AMADEO - LUYT AND AUBREY GELPIERYN  
Award-winning journalist. Sierra Leonean. Activist.  decided to pursue journalism.  
Isha Sesay is a jack of all trades. From covering  
breaking news stories around the world to      Sesay was a dedicated student, and through
collaborating with former First Lady of the United hard work and determination, was admitted to
States, Michelle Obama, in Liberia and Morocco to Cambridge University in England to study English.
promote girls’ education, Sesay’s interests and Through her studies at Cambridge, Sesay became
accomplishments are vast and inspiring. Currently more involved in television journalism and in her
serving as an anchor and correspondent for CNN final year, began reaching out to media groups in
International, Sesay demonstrates the power of order to delve deeper into it. Following her
determination and hard work. graduation, Sesay worked as an unpaid intern at
BBC, where she later received her first job. Sesay
Who is Isha Sesay and how did she get where she stayed behind the camera for a while, before it was
is today? turned on her. In 1998, she landed her first job as a
TV announcer at BBC Scotland.
Isha Sesay was born abroad to Sierra Leonean
parents. At age seven, she moved to Sierra Leone.      She went on to anchor at Sky Sports News and
From a young age, Sesay had dreams of becoming Independent Television News before becoming
an actress, but in her teens, changed her mind and  coming to the United States to join CNN in 2005. As
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