Suleika Jaouad
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About
American journalist, public speaker, and wellness advocate who is a New York Times best-selling author for her 2021 book Between Two Kingdoms. She has won an Emmy for her journalism, and her 2019 TED talk was one of the ten most popular of the year, earning more than 5 million views. She was diagnosed with leukemia at age 22, and began a column in the New York Times called Life Interrupted. She gives speeches and leads workshops around the world.
Before Fame
She is a graduate of Princeton University and earned an MFA from Bennington College in writing and literature.
Trivia
She attended a pre-college program at Juilliard for playing double bass. She has had two bone marrow transplants.
Family Life
Her father is Tunisian and her mother is Swiss. She married Jon Batiste in 2022. She has dogs named Oscar and River.
Associated With
She served on Barack Obama's cancer panel.
