About

I began my writing life as a Stegner fellow in poetry at Stanford University. After a career in journalism and teaching, I circled back to creative writing. My work has been published in Bending Genres, Image Journal, River Teeth and The Longridge Review as well as Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women on The Iranian Diaspora (University of Arkansas Press).

My essay on growing up Persian was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and selected as a “notable” in Best American Essays (2022). My flash fiction was shortlisted for 2025 National Flash Microfiction Day. I graduated from Stanford’s online novel writing program in 2023, and have attended juried conferences including the Community of Writers and the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. My work has also been supported by the Sewanee Writers Workshop.

I’m passionate about the stories of people brave enough to cross borders in search of better lives, as my family did. I write about immigration at Sea of Marble on Substack. And I’m working on my first novel.