Born in Douala, Cameroon, Cesa moved to the states when she was a young girl. She was raised by her mother, Delfina, in Manchester, New Hampshire. She has two older sisters, Nicola and Alexandra. Cesa attended the University of Florida and has a bachelor degree in Building Construction and a Masters in Business. She is passionate about football and an avid fan of the Florida Gators and New England Patriots. She worked as a project manager on The New York Times Building and the WTC Memorial projects in New York City. She left her construction career to pursue an acting career full-time in 2009. She participated in and completed the ING NYC Marathon in 2009.Cesa attended the Maggie Flanigan Studio to learn a solid true craft in acting and graduated in 2012. The MFS program was an intense full-time 2 year program that included Movement, Voice, and Shakespeare work. Some alumni of Maggie Flanigan include Sam Rockwell, Andrea Anders, Leslie Bibb, Emory Cohen, Kristin Davis, Calista Flockhart, and Piper Perabo. Show less «