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Mehrsa Baradaran
American law professor (born 1978)
Mehrsa Baradaran (born April 3, 1978) is an Iranian-American legal scholar known for her studies of banking law.
She is a professor of law at the University of California, Irvine.[2] Baradaran is a noted proponent of postal banking to expand financial services to underserved communities.[3][4] Baradaran has also stated that postal banking will not be enough to close the racial wealth gap and more recently, has proposed the necessity of a "Black New Deal."[5]
Early life and education
Baradaran was born on April 3, 1978, in Orumieh, Iran.
Her mother spent several years as a political prisoner in Iran. Baradaran and her family immigrated to the United States in 1986, settling in Los Angeles. She and her younger sister Shima did not speak English when they began elementary school, but learned the language within three months.[6] Baradaran and her family also converted to Chris