I am a half Persian, half Austrian-American singing, songwriting, trilingual, salsa dancing female who is looking for a partner in crime! I am super silly and spontaneous. I love poetry, watching live music, hiking, cooking, speaking different languages, traveling, bumming around at home, spending time with friends and family and exploring new places. I try to really savor life and would love to find someone who shares my values and appreciates me for all that I am.

I started out in the arts and then gradually found that I wanted to use my music and art to empower youth and at-risk populations. I work as Director of Youth and Employment Services at a non-profit. My work is extremely demanding currently, and I am still trying to figure out how to maintain a good work/life balance.

I am really good at anything creative. I teach Salsa and have performed around the Bay Area and in the Southeast. I also write and sing/perform my own music and play piano. I have also been told that I am good at listening and making people feel comfortable. I am pretty laid-back, so I'm easy to talk to and be around.

My eyes. I have honey eyes like my Persian Shirazi grandmother. :)

Books: I loved the Kite Runner, the Four Agreements/Mastery of Love, and Rumi for poetry.
Food: Yes, please :). I love food. I like almost everything.
Music and Movies: Too complicated and varied to write about here. I have so many different interests in this category.

-My family
-My friends
-My critters
-Exercise
-Creative expression
-The internet

Random things. I actually try not to think so much. It's pretty useless most of the time.

However, I spend a lot of time thinking about work, where my life is going, my loved ones, and how to add more of the things I cherish in my life. Voila.

Either curled up on the couch watching a movie or out having a bite to eat with friends and/or dancing Salsa.

I have a freckle on my left hand that I relied on when I was a kid to distinguish my left from my right. I still look at it sometimes ;-). lol

-you are truly interested in getting to know me
-you are family oriented and have good values and morals
-you're here looking for a long-term relationship
-you aren't shallow or superficial
-you are silly and have a good sense of humor
-you like animals and don't mind that I have a dog and two cats
-you are intelligent, multi-dimensional and affectionate