The professional journey of Esme Margi Witbooi, who was born at the Cape Flats, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, is like a fairytale. Like many children, growing at the Cape Flats presented huge challenges. She took herself out of that environment, studied at the University of Cape Town, and the rest is history. And then took the world head on. She left the country to go and work for the who is who in the Cruise Line Industry