Nicole Heydari Will Give A Report on Her Activities, Afghanistan to Vienna to Timor-Leste and back to Houston.
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Nicole Heydari
From Afghanistan to Vienna to Timor-Leste and back to Houston.
We met Nicole almost three years ago when she completed a first deployment to Afghanistan. Now she recounts her experience living and working in Dili from January to March this year.
A first generation American with a multi-national background, Nicole explored not only her roots - Iranian (father) and Mexican (mother), but also spent time in France, Egypt, Germany, and Austria trying to learn about their languages and cultures.
She speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Farsi and Arabic.
She has worked for the US government in the fields of international development, diplomacy and defense and her goal is to become a Foreign Service Officer.The Rotary Clubs of Humble Intercontinental and Houston awarded her a District Grant in support of a Master Degree at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, which she completed in 2013. That year she was also featured on the cover of a book on Human Terrain Teams, authored by the National Defense University.
During her second tour in Afghanistan in 2012, Nicole managed the Cheheltan school project funded by nine Houston area Rotary Clubs (including Humble, West U and Houston Heights). This project was awarded the International Project of the Year by our district 5890.
She just returned from a consultancy with DynCorp in Timor-Leste and hopes that her next job will keep her at least for a while in Houston, where her brother, sister-in-law and niece reside.
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