Tahereh is of Persian heritage. She was born in Brazil and grew up there. Tahereh tells a very interesting story about, as a teenager, narrowly escaping a life-long affliction. After graduating from university, Tahereh went to Tanzania to work for a non-governmental organization or NGO. The NGO is called href="http://www.chipua.org/" target="_blank" Chipua and it works with children who are expelled from school because they fail their entrance exams.