Background
Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968.
Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968.
She attended the private Tehran Community School in Tehran until the rising tensions in the late 1970s forced her family to leave Iran permanently. They settled in the San Francisco area in California where she attended and matriculated Notre Dame High School.
She is a graduate of The George Washington University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and Doctorate in Jurisprudence from The George Washington University Law School. Princess Yasmine worked for ten years as a staff attorney for Children"s Law Center in Washington, District of Columbia, representing the rights of at-risk and underprivileged youth. Princess Yasmine resigned her leadership role and any affiliation with the Foundation on 11 February 2014.
Yasmine Pahlavi has been a vocal supporter of the democracy movement in Iran, appearing at several pro-democracy rallies occurring after the 2009 election upheaval in Iran.
Founded in 1991, the purpose of the Foundation was and remains to provide health care services to Iranian children or children of Iranian origin regardless of race, color, creed, religious or political affiliation.
She is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.