Saeed Shirazi, the valedictorian graduate in English Literature from Tehran's Pars College, moved to the United States in 1976 to pursue higher education, earning two MBA degrees from Armstrong Business College and UC Berkeley. Although his doctoral studies were interrupted by the 1979 Revolution, he returned to Iran to teach at the University of Tehran and the Tehran Business School, while also translating two English novels into Persian. In 1985, he permanently relocated to the U.S., where he published three books: "A Concise History of Iran" (in English), "99 Points" (in Persian), and a "Self Taught English/Farsi" guidebook. Currently residing in Northern California with his family, he maintains a strong connection to his cultural heritage through non-profit work, alongside his lifelong passions for painting, philosophy, and literary research.