Nafiseh Soolari graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Communication and later from Fortis College Landover, MD as a Dental Hygienist. She started her dental career in a periodontal office, first as a dental assistant, where she became a Certified Dental Radiation Technologist (CDRT) and then as a practice manager. She has various publication in Dentistry Today, and The Open Dentistry Journal. She is a certified CPR instructor and a registered PANDA (Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness) mentor. On her free time she enjoys doing yoga, cooking, baking, creative photography, and traveling to new places around the world. She can be reached via email nsoolari2@gmail.com.