Niyoosha is an engineer currently working in the construction industry in New York; she is a theater artist, a math teacher, and a data science enthusiast. Her academic background includes a bachelor of science in Physics from Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and masters' in Mechanical Engineering and Theater Studies from University at Buffalo (SUNY) , and Performance Studies from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts.
Niyoosha's diverse education and work experience enables her to notice the gaps between industries or disciplines, and her goal is bridge some of those gaps. For the past four years Niyoosha has been working on the notion of "Identity", particularly focusing on the intersectional discourses around gender, race and ethnicity, religion, nationality, class, and disability.