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Subsequently, she joined the U. She just recently returned to the U. PAAIA recently reached out to learn more about her inspiring story and exciting career. How has your background as an Iranian American influenced not only your professional life and career, but your experiences growing up in the United States? I was born and raised in Connecticut.

The Iranian American community in Connecticut is not nearly as large as the communities you will find in California, Texas, New York, etc. Our diversity remains one of our greatest strengths as Americans and it was great to be able to share my heritage with friends who were from all different backgrounds and were often kind enough to share their respective heritage with me as well — whether they were first or fourth or any other number generation Americans.

They truly loved learning about and experiencing Iranian culture, eating Persian food at our house especially tadig! Over the course of 11 consecutive years of work for the U. My observation has been that many of us, like many other Americans, try to utilize our respective skills in order to do the best we can in our respective fields for the betterment of America.

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For me, as an Iranian American working on the U. If you were to advise a group of young Iranian American women, particularly those who want to get into politics or study foreign policy one day, what guidance might you give them? Within the Iranian American community, it has not yet become as commonplace to pursue a career in politics or foreign policy as it is to pursue a career in medicine, engineering or law, for example.

That said, over the years, I have seen an increase in the number of Iranian Americans pursuing careers in public service. Can you tell us about your role at the NSC? The NSC is also responsible for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.