Nkechi Okoro Carroll

Nkechi Okoro Carroll is a writer, producer, and actor. She is the executive producer for The CW drama All American. Early life Carroll was born in New York, but lived in many places while growing up, including Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Her parents are Nigerian and came to the United States for college but decided to stay. Her dad was a lawyer, and when Carroll was four years old, her family moved to Nigeria for her father's job. When she was eight, Carroll's parents split, and she moved with her mom to Côte d'Ivoire near her cousins. When she was living in Africa, she watched a lot of television, which shaped her view of the US. From the time she was young, she wanted to be a writer. Carroll was later sent to boarding school in Oxford, England and began performing at the Oxford Youth Theater. Carroll attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BA in economics and French in 1998. During her time at Penn, she was the president of the Pan African Student Association and acted in shows with the African American Arts Alliance. After completing college, she worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve and acted in small theaters in the evening. She speaks multiple languages. Carroll received a master's degree in international economics from New York University.