She is a PhD candidate (Persian Lit/Creative Writing) at the University of Arizona and president of the nonprofit Civil Vision International (www.civilvision.org). Farzana is the author of the nonfiction book "Hearts for Sale! A Buyer's Guide to Winning in Afghanistan"(Worldwide Writings, 2013), a poetry chapbook called "Letters to War and Lethe" (Finishing Line Press, 2014), and a forthcoming book of Persian Dari poetry in translation, "Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan" (Holy Cow! Press, 2015). Find her on Twitter @farzanamarie