Tabitha Soren

Tabitha Soren (born Tabitha Lee Sornberger; August 19, 1967), married name Tabitha Soren Lewis, is a photographer and former reporter for MTV News. She is perhaps best known as the public face for MTV's "Choose or Lose" campaign designed to inspire young people to vote.

Soren was born in San Antonio, Texas. As a 19-year-old college student at New York University, she appeared in a 1987 video for "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" by the Beastie Boys. She graduated with a B.A. in journalism.

Soren married author Michael Lewis in 1997; they have three children: Quinn Tallulah (b. 2000), Dixie (2002), and Walker Jack (2007).

Clips of Soren's interviews with Tupac Shakur were included in the 2003 documentary film Tupac: Resurrection. Soren is mentioned in the 1998 film American History X, and also did a cameo in the movie The Cable Guy as herself.

In October 2008, she interviewed Ralph Nader for C-SPAN.

Soren exhibits her photographs throughout the United States, with her show at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art opening on June 1, 2012. She studied photography at Stanford University and the California College of the Arts.