Nazee Moinian holds a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs (SIPA), and a Master’s degree in political science from Columbia University’s School of Graduate studies. Currently she is working on her thesis on Iran’s foreign policy and its civil society. From 2001-2003 she was a special envoy to the United Nations. She was also a consultant on Iran at the Council on Foreign Relations where she interviewed foreign diplomats and acted as a liaison between Iranian political figures and their western counter parts. She is the recipient of achievement and scholastic awards from both the Long Island University and Columbia University. She has completed her training as an International Fellow at SIPA and as a Francophone diplomat at Paris’s Sciences Po. Her articles have appeared at the Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Daily News, The Guardian (U.K.), The Morningside Post, Jerusalem Post, Iran wire, and the Jewish Forward. She resides in NYC with her husband and Children, Matthew, Mitchell, Mahtab, Morgan and Michaela.