Paymon rouhanifard biography sample

When Paymon Rouhanifard was about four years old, his father was fired from his engineering job in Shíráz, Iran, because he was a Bahá’í.

Revolutionary Guards came to their home and demanded that his father deny his faith. He refused, and the family fled from Iran.

Paymon rouhanifard biography sample

They lived as refugees in Pakistan and Austria for about two years. Finally they moved to Tennessee, U.S., to start new lives, free to practice their religion.

Paymon grew up and earned a degree in political science and economics from the University of North Carolina.

He taught sixth grade in New York City, then spent four years in the financial industry. At age 32, he became the school superintendent in Camden, New Jersey. When he’s not working to improve education for 15, students in 26 schools, Paymon likes to run, play basketball, and spend time with his wife and their infant son.

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