Angella Nazarian earned her graduate degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from California State University, Long Beach. Over the next 11 years, Ms. Nazarian was a professor of Psychology and faculty member at Mount Saint Mary's College, California State University, Long Beach, and Los Angeles Valley College. She is presently conducting private workshops and seminars on topics related to personal development and growth for adults.

Ms. Nazarian served on the Board of Directors for Les Enfants Preschool in Santa Monica (1995-1997), and University Laboratory School - Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA (1999-2008). The mission of University Lab School is to improve the quality of elementary school education in California, particularly in urban school districts. Through research, this lab school develops effective teaching models and disseminates research findings to the broader educational community.

She has also served on a committee to promote diversity awareness in the Beverly Hills School District.

Ms. Nazarian was the chairperson of the education committee of the Board of Trustees at Brentwood School and served on the executive committee of the school as well (2007-2009). She is currently a trustee at the school.

In 1999, Ms. Nazarian co-founded Looking Beyond, a charitable organization that promotes awareness and creates advancement and enrichment for children with disabilities by supporting different programs and services. In the past ten years, this organization has dispersed over 1.7 million dollars to local organizations, schools, and hospitals.

Other projects and charitable organizations in which Ms Nazarian is involved include: the Jewish National Fund, Women's International Zionist Organization, The Aviva House (a residence and school for homeless teenage girls), Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Farhang Foundation, and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles.

Ms. Nazarian is a member of the American Iranian Writers' Association, and the Los Angeles Writers Collective. Her first book titled, Life as a Visitor, about her experiences coming to live in America from her native Iran following the country's violent political upheaval in 1979, and her various world travels, will launch in October 2009.

She has also written articles for the Huffington Post and has had her award-winning poetry published in New Millennium Writings. In addition, several of her works have been published in MO+TH publication.