| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lisa Rayam |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | As of 2024, she is around 58 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Boyfriend | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 2 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | Black |
| Nationality | American |
| What is Lisa Rayam doing now? | She is an anchor and producer for NPR’s Morning Edition Atlanta program. |
Wiki Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Lisa Rayam is the former reporter and news anchor for Fox 5 TV. She is also a popular Gospel Singer who has released various music albums.
- Her late first husband Lee Norris Rayam was a poet and activist, his brother Thomas, a Football player, and their other brother, Curtis, a world-renowned Tenor.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Lisa Rayam (neé Myers) was born and raised in Florida, in a happy, Christian household.
- She returned to Florida to start her career initially and eventually met her first husband, Lee Norris Rayam.
- Lee, whom Lisa often describes as her soulmate, was a poet and activist. He was murdered while the couple was on vacation in Jamaica, in 1994, early on in their marriage. The couple was celebrating their second anniversary.
- In May 1995, a craft vendor named Noah Riley was first arrested and spent a year on death row. However, a Jamaican Court reversed the verdict, arguing that Lisa’s testimony was insufficient to show that Riley was an attacker. The Rayam family was surprised to hear that Riley was a free man. The current status of the case is not known.
- She went on to remarry later in life and now lives in Atlanta with her second husband, Derwin Tucker, and her two children – sons Jordan and Kamryn.
- Lisa studied at Arizona State University and paired with further studies, is now the proud holder of a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Human Development.
TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Lisa started her career as an anchor/reporter for KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, but soon returned home to Florida as a reporter for WINK-TV in Fort Myers & then moved to a post as an anchor and reporter for WESH 2 News in Orlando.
- In 1996, Lisa was snapped up by Fox 5 in Atlanta and started work as an anchor and reporter for several different shows. She continued there for close to 21 years.
- Amidst controversy that Fox hadn’t renewed her contract, Lisa opted to leave her role in 2016 to spend more time with her family and concentrate on other projects.
- Lisa was also proudly inducted into the National Association of TV Arts and Sciences Silver Circle in 2016.
- Post her Fox 5 stint, Rayam took the position of a Capitol reporter on GPB’s ‘Lawmakers.’
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Away from her news presenting duties, Lisa is also well-known for her impressive singing voice, singing at many charity events, and in 2003, debuting her first album of Gospel Songs.
- In fact, Lisa has been singing since she was four years old as her parents placed her in the ‘Jewel Choir’ at a church in Phoenix.
- She is also the founder, manager, and fundraiser of the charity ‘Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Inc,’ which provides workshops and seminars for teenage girls with serious self-esteem issues.
- In her spare time, Lisa attends church, spends time with her family and friends, and volunteers in schools, nurseries, and hospitals.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Measurements :
- Eye Color : Brown
- Haircut / Hair Color : Black
- How tall / Height : 5′6″
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
- Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.
Lisa Rayam is a very beautiful news anchor who deserves some love and care for losing her two husbands one after another. I wish you a very happy and enjoyable life. Ani Okwudili is my name…I am married with kids.
Lisa Rayam is a very beautiful news anchor that deserves some love and care for losing her two husbands one after another. I wish you a very happy and enjoyable life. I’m a Houston resident. Ani Okwudili is my name!
Outstanding career lady, lucky to know her personality now.
really love she’s a very talented woman. I am also a veteran award winning journalist from California but originally from Liberia, West Africa. In 1998, I received Human Rights’ Hellman/Hammett Award for Journalists Under Persecution. I’m currently working on a project-A mémoire and another interesting book about my acute experience with COVID-19. But I must commend Lisa for continued work in saving human kind.