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Dastournezhad started modeling professionally in Turkey in 2009. She modeled for several local and national campaigns. In 2012, her modeling endeavors took her to the United States. While in the United States she had several jobs that helped to propel her career. In 2014 during a trip to Seattle, she was recorded reciting an original poem in her native language of Persian. It was posted to Facebook and received over 16,000 Shares, catching the attention of Marjaneh Moghimi, a prominent Iranian-American producer. After a brief conversation, Dastournezhad, was cast as Maral in Radio Dreams, a United States-Iranian film by Iranian born film maker Babak Jalali.