Books and Articles


Mona is author of the award-winning children’s book, And So You Were Born. The book received the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award (Category: Spirituality/Religion) amongst publishers large and small internationally. Encouraging a purpose-led life for youngsters and inspired by faith traditions, the book’s accompanying interactive, personalizable book app was a first-of-its-kind and landed in iTunes’ Top 100 Book Apps in the U.S. and on top charts in countries worldwide.

Mona’s efforts to empower others further generated her creation of the site, LegalGreenRoom.com, where she developed content to increase legal literacy and knowledge by providing legal tips for today’s generation and covering the law behind trending stories. She was also formerly a legal writer for PopStopTV.com, covering the law behind entertainment headlines, and a contributor of legal articles for entrepreneurs at LoveToKnow.com. Her work has also been scattered across a myriad of other outlets, from LatinTRENDS magazine to GalTime.com.

Additional published work includes Legal Briefs on Immigration Reform from 25 of the Top Legal Minds in the Country — an immigration reform resource book with contributions from notable legal figures and policymakers — and articles featured in papers as near as Arizona, as south as Guatemala, and as far as Italy. Additional papers and presentations have included: The Voice of Civil Society in World Governance; Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in World Government (Past, Present, and Future); The Iranian Government’s Use of Islamic Jurisprudence to Destroy Bahá’í Identity; Justifying State Intervention Where a Parent Objects to Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds; Religious Persecution in Iran; Dependency on Oil: No Room for Conflict; and The Road Towards a People’s Assembly. The latter was received in high recognition from the local United Nations Association Board, and was then presented at the Annual National United Nations Association Convention. Mona was also an editorial board member for the Whittier Law Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, and she was a legal contributor for Payam Ashena, a top-rated local magazine popular in the Southern Californian Iranian community. She also reported on legislative updates that would impact the automotive industry for The Legal Advocate, her former law firm’s quarterly newsletter for its Fortune 500 clientele of automotive manufacturers.