Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980 and moved to the United States in 1998.

He completed high school at the United Nations International School in New York and graduated from Oberlin College with a political science degree in 2004.

Beah is actively involved in human rights advocacy, serving on the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee and speaking at various organizations about children affected by war.

He has presented at the United Nations, Council on Foreign Relations, and other NGO panels.

Beah's writing has been published in literary magazines, and he currently resides in New York City.