Mercedeh Salem

Mercedeh Salem was born in Tehran and currently resides in California where she has lived since 1976. Ms. Salem received her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Santa Clara University and is currently a third year law student at Santa Clara University School of Law.

Prior to law school Ms. Salem worked in Silicon Valley for five years as a web development project manager for companies such as Fujitsu Inc. and later as a consultant for Cisco Systems. Upon completion of her first year in law school, Ms. Salem was ranked 11th in her class and has received numerous academic scholarships. While pursuing her law degree she has worked at the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office and was a summer law clerk at the Department of Justice in Washington DC. Ms. Salem also devotes her time to various charitable organizations and is the president of the Santa Clara Middle Eastern Law Students Association.