sana Shojaeibaghini

I am a community-focused professional sociologist, producer, and author with a strong academic foundation, having studied eight years of Civil Engineering and sociology at BIHE before shifting to theatre and media to better support community-building work. My background in mathematics and physics, and art has shaped my analytical aesthetic approach to social development and education.

Rooted in values of unity, service, and justice, I have spent years volunteering, teaching, mentoring, and organising initiatives that strengthen cooperation, resilience, and meaningful participation across diverse communities. I aim to create environments where individuals feel valued, empowered, and able to grow.

Alongside my social work, art, and research experience, I am also active in creative fields—including writing, filmmaking, theatre, and directing—using storytelling as a tool for empathy, learning, and positive change. However, I used to work as a delivery driver and hadiman whenever I had to due to my hard life as a Bahai in Iran under persecution.

Producer Director                                  December 2023 – Present

Freelance DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING, Various NGOs

University Instructor & sociology of art faculty teacher                        2011 – Present 

BIHE University. An underground university for people who are forbidden from further studies by the Islamic Republic of Iran.Taught sociology of Art to more than 90 university students. Facilitated Sociology of Modernization & video production (assistant)

Research Fellow                                                              October 2023 – 20 July 2024

University of Brighton.  School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering.

Bank Sen Teacher                                                                          March 2023 – 20 July 2024

Bright Sparks Education. Education Services.  

Sales Assistant & delivery driver                                           April 2023 – September 2023

Joe’s burger, Lancing, UK.                                 

Carer                                                                                                 April 2022 - April 2023

Caremark Company (UK)

Business Analyst                                                                        February 2022 – April 2022

University Of Sussex. Education Services. 

Theatre Director                                                                                     2012 – 2022

Aban theatre group founder. Writer & Producer Tehran/Iran 

Sales Manager Car spare parts                                                                     2007 – 2021

Caraco & Franco companies. Tehran/Iran 

• BIHE – university administrator faculty.                                                                2011– Present  
• WeValue Persian workshop dacilotator                                                                2023 - Present 
• Fundeac Youth Empowerment Co-ordinator & facilitator                                    2004– Present 

Prior roles

Sales manager

Facilitator

Teacher

Director

Author

• MASTER’S DEGREE, MEDIA PRACTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE - Merit – University of Sussex. September 2021 – September 2022
• BACHELOR’S DEGREE, SOCIOLOGY– First Class A  – BIHE University. September 2007 – September 2011  
• BA, Civil Engineering – Final Project Not finished – BIHE. 2004 to 2007
• Theatre (Instructor: Mr. Jalal Tehrani Maktab e Tehran founder) 2014 - 2016 - Maktab e Tehran, (Iran) 
• Cinema (teacher: Mr. Asghar Farhadi, two-time Oscar Academy Award winner) (2012 – 2013) - Karnameh Institute, (Iran) - 
• NCFE CACHE Level 1  2025