About Isisara

A woman at
a threshold.

Not a biography. A portrait of a life in motion — from the halls of Sony Music and Congress, to the stages of TEDx, to the streets of Marrakech, to whatever comes next.

Isisara Bey in Marrakech
Who she is

Journey Agent.
Pathfinder.

Isisara Bey has spent decades at the intersection of culture, power, and people. She has guided leaders, shaped institutions, championed artists, and stood in rooms where history was being made — always asking the same essential question: where are you, and where are you meant to be?

She is also a woman who took a leap. Who went to Marrakech. Who is discovering, in real time, what it means to get older and to keep becoming.

Journey Agent (n.)
An intuitive guide, pathfinder and facilitator of empowerment and insight for the journey from where you are to where you would like to be.
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The arc

A life in chapters.

Now
Artistic Director — March on Washington Film Festival
Championing film as a tool for justice, cultural memory, and the stories that must be told.
2025
Marrakech — The Leap
A season of immersion, reflection, and becoming. Living inside the question of what comes next.
2024
Writer, Essayist, Cultural Observer
Writing on film, politics, aging, expatriation, and the interior life — at isisarabey.com.
2012
TEDx Barnard College
"In order to harvest, you have to plant. What seeds are you planting in your own life?" A talk on vision, growth, and the Principles of the Harvest.
VP Programs & Education — Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence
Designed and led the Leadership Institute. Journey Agent for Make Mine a Million $ Business national competitions, domestically and internationally.
VP Corporate Affairs — Sony Music Entertainment
Directed philanthropic and strategic non-profit and governmental relationships. Helped form the Congressional Tri-Caucus. Produced the first two Tri-Caucus retreats. Partnerships with the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, National Book Foundation, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
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TEDx Barnard College · 2012

On Vision,
Seeds & Harvest

"In order to harvest, you have to plant. What seeds are you planting in your own life?" — Isisara's talk on vision, growth, and what it means to build a life with intention.

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