Born and raised in Morocco in 1982. As a child always told his parents: "One day I'm going to be the Prime Minister". A few years later Issam finds himself in Aberdeen, the UK studying for a BEng in Electronics and Communications and later a Postgrad in International Business from the Robert Gordon University.
In 2006, he embarks on a totally new journey, Walt Disney World! Where he worked as a guest services host at the magic kingdom in Orlando, FL. Disney taught Issam the American Dream and that nothing is impossible. After completing his cultural representative program, he moved to New York then to San Diego where he got into retail management. Fast forward few years he ends up joining a humanitarian organization called Helping Hand for relief in development that is a 4-star charity in the navigator operating globally in over 50 countries. The last couple of years his focus was Africa. He realized that his beloved continent of birth was forgotten about due to chaos all over the world in Burma, Syria, Yemen, Latin America.....etc.