User:Rana Ghana

Rana Ghana from Tehran, Iran is currently residing in the United States of America. Born on February 5th, 1981; her parents Rahmattolah Ghana and Farzaneh Javidi Ghana are also from Iran. She emigrated to America at the age of three during the Iran Contra era. After having problems attaining a passport for further international travel, she decided to reside in the United States. She attended school in Texas, attending Larkspur Elementary, Harmony Hills middle school, Churchill High School, Southton private detention facility, and receiving a diploma from East Central High School in 1998 after graduating at the age of 17 from Southton which did not have a diploma program in place at the time. Southton school was closed a few years later after charges of corporal abuse towards the students was brought to light. A month after graduating from Southton/East Central high school, Rana entered the University of Texas at San Antonio. In the first session of her second semester there she dropped out of the curriculum, deciding instead to spend her time traveling to different cities on a road trip to Los Angeles, California (USA) instead. Her time away from her previous polarizing environment led to an opportunity to work on a farm for four years in Selma, California (USA). Her sister Pooneh Ghana, attending the University of Texas at Austin offered her an apprenticeship as her media assistant while finishing her degree in Communications. After three months, Rana felt confident enough to branch out and test the field of media industry on her own. The next year she started Rana Ghana Company USA with the intent of forming it into a non-profit dedicated to finding long-term sustainable food resources for free-trade purposes in the international commodities market. Highlights of Rana Ghana's career portfolio: Photography gallery opening for the film "Exit Through The Gift Shop" by Banksy Productions at the University of Texas at Austin; official artist at the Hope Outdoor Gallery in Austin, Texas (USA); writer/graphic artist at The Challenger Newspaper on the International Network of Street Papers, winner of the Pepsi Challenge at the 2013 Superbowl in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA); first model at the first annual South By South West (SXSW) modeling show in Austin, Texas (USA).