The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.

Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.

But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth.

I was always fascinated with science, and being Persian, it's instilled in us at a young age to follow something very academic in our career.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I work at a non-profit called ALS Worldwide, where we work with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) patients and families. It is often heavy work, but I'm grateful to be able to contribute to the ALS community. I'm constantly learning about science and medicine, and I have the honor of corresponding with patients throughout the world.