Background
She was a first generation American to Iranian parents, she grew up in France and Switzerland.
She was a first generation American to Iranian parents, she grew up in France and Switzerland.
She graduated from the Baylor University, and University of Nebraska with her Doctor of Philosophy in 1999, where she was an Editorial Assistant for Prairie Schooner.
She taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hope College, where she was editor of Milkwood Review, and Georgia College & State University. Her work appeared in Borderlands, The International Review, International Quarterly, The Literary Review, North American Review, Onthebus, Prairie Schooner, Puerto Delegate Sol, The Southern Review, The Sycamore Review, The Texas Review.