I was born and raised in Southern California and have actually been a Kaiser Permanente patient since I was a small child. I am a graduate of Crespi High School in Encino, and I received my undergraduate degree from UC Riverside. I felt a calling towards medicine from an early age, and I feel very blessed to be doing what I had always envisioned. I come from a diverse background, being a mix of Persian, Hispanic, and various European ethnicities.