Dear John—

As we bring our 40/40 campaign to a close with this final slate of honorees, I want to thank all of you for showing up to support and celebrate just a small sampling of the amazing youths that make up the Iranian-American community. Our final groups of honorees is made up of a decorated slate of community organizers, filmmakers, technology leaders, and more.

Read on to meet our fourth and final slate of honorees. And, as always, visit our 40/40 page to learn more about these amazing members of our community! [[link removed]]

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👨‍💼 Combiz Abdolrahimi [[link removed]] is a senior innovation executive with 15 years of experience helping governments and businesses to run complex programs and to harness the power of data

♀️ Hanieh Jodat Barnes [[link removed]] is an activist working on demanding Equality and Equity for women and advocating for the rights of the marginalized communities

🧑‍🎓 Kayla Tabari [[link removed]] is a recent Harvard graduate and first-year Ph.D. student planning to research racialized healthcare disparities in the Middle Eastern community

🎥 Khalik Allah [[link removed]] is a Jamaican-Iranian American photographer and filmmaker based in New York

✊ Mana Kharrazi [[link removed]] is a community leader and organizer with more than 13 years of experience in racial justice, identity-based, and youth leadership movement work

🌐 Nahal Zamani [[link removed]] is the Director of Movement Building at Demos, a dynamic think tank that powers the movement for a just and inclusive democracy

✍️ Negar Mortazavi [[link removed]] is an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst based in Washington, where she’s currently a columnist for The Independent and the host of the Iran Podcast

👩‍🍳 Nicole Leah Dayani [[link removed]] is a​​ self-taught chef​ and graduate of UCLA​ with her B.A in Sociology,​ currently working in real estate

👩‍🎨 Rayka Zehtabchi [[link removed]] is the first ever Iranian woman to win an Oscar for her short documentary, Period. End of Sentence

🇺🇸 Shahrzad Noorbaloochi [[link removed]] is an attorney whose practice focuses on US economic sanctions, export controls, and other national security-related trade issues

Thank you for getting to know our final slate, and all of our, 40/40 honorees this month— and make sure to check out our 40/40 posts on social media [[link removed]] to keep in touch with all of our honorees.

Warmest,
Mana Mostatabi
Communications Director, NIAC

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