{"id":31231,"date":"2020-05-25T23:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=31231"},"modified":"2020-05-25T23:24:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:24:25","slug":"%e2%80%9cthe-only-impossible-journey-is-the-one-you-never-begin%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-anthony-robbins%d5%ae258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=31231","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe only impossible journey is the one you never begin\u201d \u2014 Anthony Robbins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sona Tahmasian Hadani<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Graduating Cal State LA business student finds ways to help<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Glendale resident will graduate summa cum laude<\/em><\/p>\n

By Jillian Beck | Cal State LA News Service<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cal State LA student Sona Tahmasian Hadani has come to embody the university\u2019s ethic of engagement and service for the public good.<\/p>\n

Whether as a tutor for fellow students or a volunteer assisting community members with filing their taxes, she feels most fulfilled when helping others overcome an obstacle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see their happy faces and they feel confident, I feel so good,\u201d Tahmasian Hadani says. \u201cThat\u2019s a big philosophy in my life\u2014to help people in any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Glendale resident will graduate in May with a 3.99 GPA and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an option in management from the College of Business and Economics.<\/p>\n

For as long as she can remember, Tahmasian Hadani has been dedicated to helping others learn. Growing up in Iran, she\u2019d help her friends with math homework in grade school, explaining difficult concepts and forming study groups to practice problems.<\/p>\n

After high school, she worked as a teacher and math tutor and then for an industrial automation business before moving to the U.S.<\/p>\n

At Glendale Community College, Tahmasian Hadani tutored students in financial accounting, business statistics, and all levels of math between taking her own courses. Before transferring to Cal State LA in 2018, she earned an associate degree in business administration and a certificate in accounting.<\/p>\n

During the past two years, Tahmasian Hadani has worked as a math and business finance tutor in Cal State LA\u2019s University Tutorial Center. She has helped hundreds of students improve their study skills and organization techniques, prepare for exams, and navigate difficult course concepts.<\/p>\n

When tutoring other students, Tahmasian Hadani has drawn from her own experience as an Armenian immigrant from Iran who learned English as a third language. She knows firsthand the challenges that students face trying to navigate cultural and language differences. \u201cI do my best to help because I really understand their feelings,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Tahmasian Hadani is passionate about helping fellow students overcome academic obstacles\u2014and goes out of her way to do it.<\/p>\n

When a student visited the tutorial center struggling with a marketing data analysis assignment, Tahmasian Hadani offered to help even though the problem was outside her typical tutoring area and her major. Working side-by-side, she and the student were able to figure out the problem together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to help students,\u201d Tahmasian Hadani says. \u201cThat\u2019s the point of the center\u2014it\u2019s a place to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University Tutorial Center is housed in the Center for Academic Success, which is directed by Andrew Long, who Tahmasian Hadani has come to consider a role model and a mentor. During her time at Cal State LA, she says she has been inspired by his commitment to serving students.<\/p>\n

Tahmasian Hadani also worked as a supplemental instruction leader for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology\u2019s Summer Transition to ECST Program (STEP). STEP helps prepare incoming students for their courses of study with specialized math instruction.<\/p>\n

She also volunteered as a lead trainer and tax preparer for the Cal State LA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program through the College of Business and Economics. The program aims to provide low-to-middle-income taxpayers in Los Angeles with free tax preparation services and financial literacy education.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it because it is a community service and a way for me to apply my knowledge in the real world,\u201d Tahmasian Hadani says.<\/p>\n

The Cal State LA VITA Program, led by Professor Suren Sahakyan, is co-sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service, California Department of Community Services and Development, State Farm insurance company and H&R Block.<\/p>\n

A Dean\u2019s List student graduating summa cum laude, Tahmasian Hadani is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.<\/p>\n

Tahmasian Hadani says her journey to a degree wasn\u2019t easy. She is grateful for the support of her husband, Martin, and the faculty and staff at Cal State LA who helped her succeed.<\/p>\n

When she thinks about graduating, many emotions come to mind.<\/p>\n

Happy. Honored. Proud. Excited.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are not enough words to express my feelings,\u201d Tahmasian Hadani says, \u201cand how delighted and thrilled I am that I could accomplish this fantastic chapter of my life successfully.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduation, Tahmasian Hadani hopes to land a management job at a business in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In the future, she may want to return for a master\u2019s degree or even become a professor. Whatever she does, she wants to help others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to have a career to serve and contribute to my community more and more as much as I can\u2014that\u2019s my goal,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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