";s:4:"text";s:1770:"My name is Iyanla Vanzant and I am probably best known as the host of “IYANLA: Fix My Life,” the #1 reality show on OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) and most recently, the … Iyanla was a child of a non-marital affair. She received good grades, even though she was not encouraged to do so. When Iyanla was very young, her mother discovered that she had breast cancer. Iyanla Vanzant was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, N.Y in the backseat of a cab to an alcoholic mother. Iyanla Vanzant is one of the country’s most celebrated writers and public speakers, and she’s among the most influential, socially engaged. Iyanla Vanzant is one of the well known American lawyer, author, and also a television personality. When her mother died, Iyanla was sent to stay along with her grandma. Born in Brooklyn, New York in the back of a taxi cab to an alcoholic mother, Iyanla was a child of an extra martial affair. After her mother died when she was two or three years old, Vanzant was raised by her grandmother. Rather than a haven of safety, Vanzant found her new home exposed her to physical and sexual abuse.