Neda Semsar earned her MBA from the University of California, Irvine and worked in finance and marketing at Broadcom Corporation. Later, she earned her double master’s in public health and clinical social work at the University of Southern California. She currently works as a therapist in schools and as a research coordinator at the Teen Resilience Project at UCI. She is pursuing her PhD in health psychology.

In addition to her work, Neda is passionate about visiting different countries and getting to know diverse cultures around the world, as well as spending time with her family.