Suleika Jaouad

Guest on IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Suleika Jaouad is an American writer, artist, and advocate, best known for her New York Times bestselling memoirs *Between Two Kingdoms* and *The Book of Alchemy*. She first gained prominence through her Emmy-winning New York Times column and video series “Life, Interrupted,” documenting her experience with leukemia in young adulthood. Jaouad currently writes The Isolation Journals newsletter and speaks and teaches widely on creativity, illness, and transformation.

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…suleika describing a formative moment watching a film about education and ambition
“I had a really, right before I met you, 12, I went to the movie theater with my mom and I saw this movie, Julia Roberts. It's called. Julia Roberts. Mona Lisa Smile. Oh, okay. And all the girls on the first day of class had already read the textbooks. And they were beautiful and fashionable and cool. And more than anything, they led with their intelligence.”
on IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson