The path through communities, intentional living, monasteries, labs, and a van — and what each place taught me.
I was born in Germany to Iranian parents. I grew up between cultures, between languages, between worlds that didn't always speak to each other. That became a practice before I knew it was one.
I studied Engineering Psychology — how humans interact with systems, and how systems shape humans. My thesis asked: what would technology look like if it genuinely served presence rather than capturing attention? I interviewed long-term meditators at Plum Village, a Buddhist community in the south of France. I built two prototypes. The question is still alive.
Then I went to live at Plum Village itself — a year of practice, teaching, and community life. In the same period, I helped co-create a healing dialogue space for Palestinians and Israelis in the village nearby. I learned that transformation starts when I dare to stop and look deeply into what is happening.
In 2026 I completed an Ecovillage Design Education programme in Switzerland on the theme of Creating Transformative Cultures. Still integrating.
Now I travel in a van, continue the research, build tools, write, and look for people who want to explore these questions together.
"The ability to listen sensitively. You resonate across so many worlds — your Iranian background, your queer identity, your deep search for a spiritual practice for people from technology and science. You don't just convey knowledge, you make accessible through your own development what has become essential to you on your search."— a friend
"You carry an incredible deep wisdom and a big heart with great compassion, clarity, braveness which a warrior of love has."— Yang, contemplative artist