I am a multilingual Iranian immigrant woman living in the United States. I currently work as a tenure-track assistant professor in Bilingual Education at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. I specialize in sociolinguistics and language use in bi/multilingual homes, classrooms, and societies. My research focuses on forms of power such as race, class, ethnicity, and language ideologies that shape language policies in schools and bi/multilingual (im)migrant families. My work has been published in leading journals such as Language Policy, Bilingual Research Journal, and TESOL Quarterly. 

My early days in the United States over a decade ago drew me to the generational differences in language use patterns in the (im)migrant families with whom I interacted. Therefore, I focused my master's and doctoral studies on language policy making in bi/multilingual families. I received my Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Language, Literacy, and Culture from Boston College. 

I currently serve on the editorial board of the Linguistics and Education Journal and the review panel for the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology. I am also a member of the English Learner Advisory Council at the Arizona Department of Education. Additionally, I collaborate with a community-based Persian language program as a small-group teacher and curriculum consultant.