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Pediatric dentist resident
university of California San Francisco
UCSF
Alaleh was born and raised in Iran. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to pursue higher education. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 2004, and then from the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry in 2008. After graduation, she practiced dentistry in the Bay Area, gaining experience in treating children in both community health centers and private practice. In 2010 and 2011, as part of Medical Missions for Children, Alaleh raised more than $10,000 to open a dental clinic in Gitwe, a small village in Rwanda that previously had no access to dental care.
After working for 12 years, Alaleh returned to UCSF to pursue further formal training as a pediatric dentist, while also earning a Master of Science based on her research on the underserved immigrant Afghans in the Bay Area.
She looks forward to working in the Peninsula as a pediatric dentist after graduation. Alaleh lives with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, baking with her kids, and hiking the beautiful trails of Woodside, where she lives.