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August 2018 Newsletter
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IAWF Life Academy 2018
Silicon Valley
The IAWF Life Academy 2018 in Silicon Valley was a huge success! Eighteen students had the opportunity to visit Google, Facebook, Plug and Play, and Stanford University, while meeting some of the most renowned professionals in the tech industry.
The Life Academy wouldn't be possible without the following individuals who took the time to speak to the students: Sepehr Hejazi Moghadam, Roya Soleimani Winner, Ava Asgari, Mandana Soleimani, Shima Salehi, Kamran Elahian, Shaya Zarkesh, Pejman Nozad, Shirin Hedayat, and Narges Bani Asadi.
A very special thank you to our trustee, Zohre Elahian, for dedicating her time to help make this event happen. We would also like to extend our gratitude to our NorCal chapter leaders, Renee Paquier and Mandana Baradar. Please click here to see more pictures from the Life Academy.
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We are proud to present our most recent
Up Close Va Personal video on Homa Sarshar, who
is one of IAWF's most distinguished speakers, sponsors, and a member of the IAWF Circle of 1000s.
Please find the video on Homa Sarshar
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Homa Sarshar is a published author, award-winning journalist, writer, and media personality. She is the author of four books and the editor of eleven other volumes, including five volumes of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation Journal and four volumes of The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews. Homa has worked for Zan-e Ruz weekly magazine and Kayhan daily newspaper, and as a television producer, director, and talk-show host for National Iranian Radio & Television. She moved to Los Angeles in 1978. She was the co-producer of Omid Radio. Since 2006, Sarshar has been producing, writing, and hosting a weekly radio show at 670AM KIRN. Sarshar is the founder of the Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History (CIJOH) and the Honar Foundation (HF). Sarshar has received numerous awards for her work, including the Medal for Special Achievement in Women's Rights; Journalism Award: Distinguished Iranian Women by the Encyclopaedia Iranica; Commendation for Community Affairs Services by the County of Los Angeles; 2013 Ellis Island Medal of Honor; and 2016 American Heritage Award by American Immigration Council.
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New York
In 2015, Deeba was named a "changemaker" among esteemed New York alumni of Wellesley College. Inspired by the Iranian myth of Scheherazade & propelled by the idea that our built environment is manifested by story & that anyone who can tell a story can transform one, she pursued the study of trans-national communications. True to the belief, this pursuit would come to transform her own trajectory from a storyteller with a pen into a storyteller by brick and mortar.
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Narges Bani Asadi
Northern California
Narges Bani Asadi, PhD, is the Founder of Bina Technologies, Member of Roche Group. Narges was born in Iran and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Tehran. She continued her PhD at Stanford in Electrical Engineering.
Upon graduation, she started her own company; Bina Technologies in the heart of Silicon Valley. Bina's products are being used today throughout the country by pharmaceutical companies, and clinical research institutions.
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Southern California
IAWF would like to congratulate Dr. Tohidi for being recognized as a successful faculty member of CSU Northridge. We applaud her for overcoming the obstacles and challenges that she faced while pursuing her passion in life. Please find the video & article
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Dr. Tohidi is a Professor & Former Chair of the Department of Gender & Women Studies at CSU Northridge. She is the Founding Director of the Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at CSUN.
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Circle of 1000s Featured Member
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Tannaz "Tawny" Mazarei
has obtained her Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1997 and has been practicing law for the past 21 years. Tannaz spent the first 10 years of her practice working in two mid-size law firms practicing general civil litigation, which was later followed by her becoming a partner in another civil litigation/family law firm. In 2013, Tannaz founded her own law practice, MAZAREI LAW GROUP, and has focused her practice on personal injury, employment law (class actions), and general business litigation. In addition to practicing law, Tannaz has been active with Farhang Foundation (acting as the Chair of the Orange County Council), Working Wardrobes, NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners), IABA (Iranian American Bar Association OC Chapter), Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, and is on the Board of Directors at the Iranian American Women Foundation.
You can read more about Tannaz "Tawny" Mazarei
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