In this episode we talk with the amazing, Mandana Yamin. She was in our High School class of ‘84, but we learned so much more about her from this talk and what it was like to move from Iran to Beverly Hills. Her family came from Iran via Italy before the Shah was overthrown in ‘79. She was lucky to get out early before the revolution when the Ayatollah Khomeini took over. Her family was able to establish themselves in Beverly Hills early before they were forced to leave their country like so many other families. Beverly Hills is now 20% Iranian so Mandana’s story is a key part of the history of Beverly Hills and represents a time when Iran/US relations were extremely tense. It was amazing to hear how the Persian community of immigrants were able to support each other and really succeed.

Mandana's an amazing mother and has launched a great career doing interior design:

https://www.mandanayamin.com/about

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