Who is Suleika Jaouad?

Suleika Jaouad is an American author, activist, and motivational speaker born on July 5, 1988, in New York City with Cancer’s zoadic sign. Her mother is Swiss, and her father is of Tunisian descent. As of 2022, her age is 33, and she stands at the height of 5ft 4inches.

Suleika Jaouad is an American author, activist, and motivational
Suleika Jaouad grew up in New York.
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In terms of qualifications, she is pretty good at academics, as she has attended Juilliard High School. Later, she earned a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and graduated in 2010. Afterward, Bennington College awarded her an MFA in writing and literature.

Suleika Jaouad- Wife of Jon Batiste

When talking about motivational speaker Suleika Jaouad’s personal love-life affair, she is a happily married woman. Also, many followers curiously wanted to know about her personal life. But, she hardly appears in public events and media with her husband. Let’s get a jump to understand her current marital situation.

Suleika Jaouad is married woman
Suleika Jaouad with her husband Jon Batiste Image Source: Instagram@suleikajaouad

Jaouad is married to Jon Batiste, a musician with whom she has been in a relationship since 2014. After dating for a while, they both married in a private ceremony; only the closest friend and family were involved in their wedding. They revealed their secret marriage in an interview in April 2022.

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Previously, In 2009, Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia, a blood and bone marrow cancer. Also, she has a very chance of long-term survival, which was a difficult period for her. Sadly, her leukemia has relapsed and she will soon have a bone-marrow transplant.

Suleika Jaouad’s Career as an Author

Jaouad released her debut book, Life Interrupted, on July 11, 2014. She wrote from her hospital bed and won a News & Documentary Emmy in the category of New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, and Culture in 2014.

Jaouad released her debut book, Life Interrupted, on July 11, 2014.
Beautiful photo of Author Suleika Jaouad Image Source: Instagram@suleikajaouad

Similarly, her most recent biography book is, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Hardcover, released in 2021. The book chronicles a woman’s cancer experience from diagnosis to cancer-free living.

Net Worth Of Suleika Jaouad

American writer, advocate, and motivational speaker Suleika Jaouad has achieved a lot of success in her career. Suleika has an estimated net worth of $900,000 in 2022. On the other hand, Suleika’s husband, Jon Batiste, has a $4 million total net worth as an American musician, bandleader, and television personality.

In Suleika’s senior year of high school, she worked on human rights campaigns for the African Union, Oxfam, and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Also, she was a foreign correspondent. She became a dedicated advocate for those who have cancer and other terrible illnesses at the Cancer Center.

Also, she gave a TedTalk entitled What Almost Dying Taught Me About Life. Jaouad has also featured as a guest on numerous programs, including NPR’s Talk of the Nation, NBC’s Weekend Today, CBS News, The Paris Review, the Los Angeles Times, and Darling Magazine.

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