Following her sojourn in Japan, Parvaz obtained a master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona, then moved to Seattle, where she worked first for "The Seattle Times", then the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer".
Following her sojourn in Japan, Parvaz obtained a master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona. She then moved to Seattle, where she worked first for "The Seattle Times", then as a columnist and feature writer for the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer".