“But for me, when I think back, I feel like the people in Kansas, Blue Valley specifically, were really warm and inviting and made me feel just like anyone else.”įerdowsi said attending Northwest impacted his career decisions mainly by way of having the assistance to get into MIT. I have friends in other communities or schools where they didn’t feel like it was the most welcoming environment as a child of an immigrant,” Ferdowsi said. “My parents were born in Iran and then immigrated here before I was born. When reflecting on his experience in Blue Valley, Ferdowsi said the community was very welcoming. The Arash Ferdowsi Fund was recently established as a part of the Blue Valley Educational Foundation (BVEF) by Northwest alumni, Arash Ferdowsi.įerdowsi graduated from BVNW in 2004, he then went on to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for three years before he decided to change his focus to his business, Dropbox. Executive Director Joy Ginsburg (right) poses alongside Aaron Sizemore, a member of long-time BVEF business partner Music House.
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