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Biographical Info

Having grown up in the USA, Bahareh has travelled across the world and currently lives in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE). Her Eastern roots, Western upbringing and years spent living in the Middle East have given her unique perspective on the challenges and triumphs of life, death, and relationships, and a universal appeal to her writing.
She studied Philosophy in Menlo College, California; majored in Counseling Psychology from College of Notre Dame – Belmont, California; and, holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology from Catholic University – Washington DC. Her area of study was “The Self-Image and Acculturation of Iranian-American Adolescents growing up in the US”.
Bahareh has firsthand experience and a deep engagement with the human condition at various stages of life starting from her volunteering work with the elderly at Sharon Heights Convalescent Hospital – Menlo Park, California through her teenage years; her counseling and training in suicide prevention at the Crisis Center – Burlingame, California; working with children at the Stanford Children’s Health Center, California; researching drug and alcohol rehabilitation at Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City, California; teaching human development at Catholic University – Washington DC; and, counseling victims of gender abuse at the Women’s Safe House in Abu Dhabi, UAE.