Fatemeh holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University. She is currently an audio research engineer at Apple Company. Fatemeh was born in 1981. When she was nine months old, her parents (Abbas Pishdadian and Afsaneh Afzal Nia) and Fatemeh were arrested. The interrogators wouldn’t allow Fatemeh’s mom to feed her, hoping her cries and screams break her mother, so she reveals the names of her friends. After only a few months, both were executed or died under torture. Her maternal grandparents raised Fatemeh.