Leif Coorlim CNN :: Net Worth, Wiki, Nationality, Age, Wife, Biography

Name Leif Coorlim

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in August 1979. As of 2025, he is around 46 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse / Partner Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wikipedia Bio / Profile Background

Introduction :

Leif Coorlim is an American editor, journalist, producer, and filmmaker from California.
Passionate and generous, Leif has dedicated several years to helping victims of human trafficking and slavery. Despite some challenges along the way, he has always stayed committed to his work.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Coorlim was born on August 20, 1979 in Berkeley, California.
After dating for a while, Leif married British Journalist and anchor, Isha Sesay.
The couple wed in front of friends, colleagues and family in August 2013 at the Mandarian Oriental Hotel. Sesay works for CNN International, as an anchor and correspondent.

Career, Salary and Net Worth :

In 2008, Leif joined the CNN team as a producer, editor, and journalist on various shows and programs that were aimed to highlight the plight of millions of innocent people across the globe.
He began working on a variety of documentaries that included “Sumatra: Paradise Lost?” “Witness to War” and “Be the Change.”
He also worked on CNN’s environmental programs and produced the network’s ongoing series, ‘Going Green’ and ‘Eco-Solutions.’
Other documentaries that Leif produced include – ‘The Fall of the Khmer: A Climate Change Catastrophe,’ ‘Mirador: The Forgotten City’ as well as the ‘YouTube/CNN Debate on Climate Change,’ which was held at the Copenhagen COP15 Climate Conference in 2009.
Coorlim also hosted the CNN International segment called ‘Impact Your World,’ a program aimed at empowering people around the world to make a difference in their communities while encouraging them to take a stand against evil in the world.

Freedom Project :

As an editor and journalist, Leif has been working on CNN’s Freedom Project, overseeing multiple broadcasts of stories about slavery in the modern era.
As part of the CNN Freedom Project, he has worked on a lot of powerful documentaries such as ‘Innocence for Sale,’ ‘The Fighters,’ ‘Chocolate’s Child Slaves,’ ‘Common Dreams,’ ‘A Stand in the Sinai,’ ‘Slavery in West Africa,’ ‘Slavery’s Last Stronghold,’ ‘Trafficked in Plain Sight’ and ‘Taking a Stand: Making a Difference.’
Since joining the CNN Freedom Project, Leif has worked alongside the team to free thousands of people who were being held as slaves across several global regions.
The team has also played a key role in bringing the issue of modern slavery to a public platform and has helped with the formation of charities for survivors and victims, along with facilitating major surgeries for people tortured during slavery.
They have also helped push for changes in practices and laws that were allowing for slavery to take place in various countries around the world from the USA to Cambodia.

Awards and Accolades :

As part of the CNN Freedom Project, Leif has watched the network win several awards for various documentaries and programs aimed at solving multiple global issues.
Individually, he was awarded a Cine Golden Eagle Award in 2010 for ‘Innocence for Sale’ a documentary he produced while working for CNN.