Meet our graduates: Zahra Hejrati (PhD '25)
October 7, 2025. Interviewed by Lindsey Akin. Audio edited for length and clarity.
Education and Entrepreneurship
Zahra recounts her unexpected decision to pursue a PhD and shares the surprising results of her research, which blended her passion for education, excitement for AI, and interest in entrepreneurship to reveal results that could have a significant impact for the refugee community.
This episode of our podcast, Stanford MS&E: Stories & Voices, is part of our series, Graduating Student Profiles, that shares stories of our students as they prepare to launch their post-MS&E careers.
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