Sam Sedaei
was born in 1982 in Iran. He lived in Tehran until 1999 before immigrating to
the United States at age sixteen on his own. He went to high school in Chicago
and received his bachelors in Economics and Political Science with
concentration in Public Policy from Kalamazoo College in June of 2006.

During his time in Michigan, he organized the First Kalamazoo College
Democratic Convention in 2004, was elected as the President of the Kalamazoo
College Democrats for the 2005-2006 school year, became the founding
editor-in-chief of the Lux Esto Law Review (the law
review of Kalamazoo College), was invited by the board of Michigan American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to represent Kalamazoo College in a stimulated
debate on affirmative action along with two other team members in the Kalamazoo
District Courthouse and graduated with honors. Following graduation, Sam moved
to Chicago where he was elected leader of the Economic Equity Team of the
Chicago chapter of National Organization for Women (NOW).

He moved to Washington DC in 2007 to work for an international NGO.

Sam is also
a featured blogger for The Huffington Post. His writings focus on American domestic,
foreign, political and economic policies. You can view his page on The
Huffington Post by visiting www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-sedaei.