            About
Parry Aftab: Parry Personally.
This page contains information
about Parry Aftab's personal life. It includes her education and family background. (to read about her
professional and non-profit work,
click here.)
Parry was featured in Biography
magazine. To read that article, click here.
Parry's
Educational Background.
Parry is a single mom,
divorced and living in the New York metropolitan area. She started her
law career later than most, having dropped out of college during her
first semester at the age of 19 to put her then husband through medical
school. (When he was unable to get into a US medical school, he and
Parry moved to Guadalajara, Mexico for him to attend a Mexican medical
school for two years.) When she finally returned to college at the age
of thirty, she had two children, Taylor (who was then 1-1/2 years old)
and her brother Michael (4 years old at that time).
In order to get to law
school as quickly and inexpensively as possible, Parry joined the Thomas
Hunter Honors Program at
Hunter
College in New York, and through a technical loophole, was able to
take 36 credit hours a semester for the same price as 15 credit hours.
She took double summer session, did independent study and took almost
three times the number of credit hours that everyone else took. Finding
the courses that worked within the time schedules was a challenge, but
Parry had one goal only --to become a lawyer.
While in college, Parry
swapped services with another student, a graduate student from Namibia,
in Africa. Her friend babysat while Parry was in class in exchange for
Parry helping her with her class work and teaching her to cook. As a
result, Parry's daughter Taylor spoke tribal African when she was two
years old and peanut soup was a staple in their diets. Parry completed
her four year degree in a little less than 2 years. She was both
Valedictorian and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (Nu Chapter). To learn more about
Parry's college experience, read her daughter's
essay
written for her own college application about the person she admires
most in the world.
Parry's
Family Background.
 Parry
grew up in New Jersey. She was born in 1951. Michael, Parry's son lives
in New Jersey, near Parry and Taylor. He is a principal in a media and
promotion company in New York. Taylor still lives with Parry, and has substantial experience in
media production and television. She is currently employed with a
leading celebrity family. Both of her children are gorgeous, wonderful and caring
people. Parry counts them as her greatest success. (This picture with
Taylor and James Gandolfini, a/k/a "Tony Soprano" is one of
Taylor's favorites.)
Parry has a sister,
Deanna, who is a leading pediatric endocrinologist in Tennessee. Her
sister used to be the online pediatrician for AOL's parenting channels.
Deanna's husband, Jeff, whom Parry considers a brother, rather than a
mere brother-in-law, heads the burn and trauma unit at one of the
world's leading teaching hospitals. They have four incredible children,
the eldest of which is already giving her friends lectures on online
privacy and safety.
Parry's mother, Shirley
Hathaway, was a nurse and grew up in New England. She was a famous
beauty and known for being very charming. After she married Parry's
father, her mother got involved in the interior design and furniture
sales business. She was known for being a hardworking
businesswoman, when not many other women were.
Her father, Mansur T.
Aftab, was a driven, successful and charismatic businessman and designer. Having
arrived in the United States in the late 40's from Iran, he started a very successful chain
of furniture retail stores and real estate-related businesses.
Her
mother still resides in New Jersey. Her father was killed in one of his
planes in 1990. Parry's brother, Richard, was killed by a drunk driver
when he was only seventeen.
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