About

Naz is an Iranian-American producer and author passionate about storytelling for a purpose. Her professional experience is informed by years of hands-on work developing and executing ideas for documentaries, short films, corporate videos, and brand videos. In film, she tells moving stories that strive to make a difference in the viewers’ lives. In teaching, she empowers and inspires her students to do the same.

She has produced award-winning short films and a wide range of health communications and PR videos. Her documentary, Two Cultures of Healing, made for the National Library of Medicine, was presented at national and international conferences, highlighting her commitment to using video storytelling for advocacy.

Naz’s nonfiction writing appears in publications such as Pidgeonholes, Ruminate, MayDay, (mac)ro(mic), and Lost Balloon. She is a 2022 Best Microfiction and 2023 Pushcart Prize nominee. She is the co-editor-in-chief of SugarSugarSalt literary magazine and reads and edits for other journals, including Ruby magazine.

Naz holds an MFA in Writing and an MA in Media Arts. She lives in Durham, NC, and is an assistant professor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. She is working on a memoir about her experience of growing up in Iran.