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Mehrsa Baradaran
American law professor (born )
Mehrsa Baradaran (born April 3, ) 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, , in Orumieh, Iran.
Her mother spent several years as a political prisoner in Iran. Baradaran and her family immigrated to the United States in , 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 Christianity from Isl