For over 30 years Golnar has been an activist for the Iranian Community involved with events and programs celebrating Iranian culture and promoting education of ancient Persian history and traditions. While living in Washington D.C. she gave lectures at the Library of Congress on Iranian heritage and on the Persian New Year tradition of “Nou-Rouz”. Golnar’s Persian heritage has been a great source of pride in her life. The love of her culture and its traditions remains with her in any part of the world and is the essence from which she derives her inspiration.