After 20 years as a non-profit arts administrator in Southern California, I decided to concentrate on writing. Currently, I'm working on a memoir of my 40-plus years living in two cultures, including eight years in Tehran, during the turbulent period of 1971 to 1980. I have a BA in Studio Art from the University of California at Davis and an MA in English Language and Literature from Tehran University. I have taught English in universities in Iran and Southern California.

Board member of Inlandia Institute (www.inlandiainstitute.org), promoting the literary activities of Inland Southern California in word, image and sound; member of Inland Empire California Writers Club and the Association of Iranian American Writers.

Inlandia writers workshops; I'm also a member of an informal writers group that started in a University of California Extension creative writing workshop. We've been together for 5 years now.