Kanya Sesser

About The Author

Kanya Sesser is a multi-sport athlete, actress, model, and motivational speaker with no legs and no limits! She was found abandoned on a roadside in Thailand at the age of one week old, then raised in a hospital until she was adopted to the USA at the age of six. As soon as she felt the breeze in her hair on a skateboard, Kanya was hooked, and she's been skating ever since. She also competed in track, wheelchair basketball and tennis, and mono-skiing. Kanya now lives in LA, where she is an actress and model. She has acted and done stunts in Hawaii Five-O, The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and Code Black, as well as ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch and Sweaty Betty. Kanya continues to skateboard competitively. She recently won second place in Women's Adaptive Skate on the Dew Tour, and is about to release her first pro-model deck with Pico Skateboards. Kanya has 98K followers on Instagram and 23.9K followers on TikTok.

Books by Kanya Sesser

No Legs, No Limits (An Empowering Picture Book for Kids)
Illustrated by Lenny Wen
Kanya Sesser was born without legs, but that doesn't mean she has limits!
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