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For Aveen Ghahremani (MHIA ’25), success is about more than titles, recognition or traditional measures of achievement. It comes back to something more personal: purpose.
“I never really saw success as monetary or exposure related,” she says. “I would root it back to fulfilment.”
That sense of purpose has shaped Ghahremani’s path both professionally and personally.
In her career, she works in healthcare performance improvement, using data and evidence to help strengthen Canada’s not-for-profit healthcare system. She has also remained deeply connected to the Iranian-Canadian community, contributing her time and voice to causes that matter to her.
Healthcare was a natural choice. Ghahremani knew from an early age that she wanted to work in the sector, drawn not to a particular clinical role but to an environment where the work ultimately centres on people.
“The purpose always centres back to the patients and the clients,” she says. “It just feels fulfilling.”
After studying health management at York University, Ghahremani began searching for a graduate program that would allow her to build on that foundation while developing a stronger understanding of business. When she discovered Schulich’s Master of Health Industry Administration, then a new program, the fit felt immediate.
“It was so perfect,” she recalls. “I was not going to settle for anything else.”
Ghahremani completed the program while working full-time and serving as a GBC Executive Manager. The experience strengthened skills she now draws on every day, from data visualization to communicating and collaborating with people who bring different perspectives.
Those skills have also travelled with her beyond healthcare. Through leadership roles within the Iranian-Canadian community, Ghahremani has challenged herself to communicate with confidence, bring people together and speak up for causes she believes in.
“What I took from Schulich was the confidence to be able to do so many other things that I do,” she says. “The skills a lot of the time are the same, even though the topic is not the same.”
Today, Ghahremani’s understanding of success leaves room for something she has come to appreciate more over time: not every outcome will unfold according to plan. What matters is the work, the intention and the willingness to keep moving forward.
“I think success is a lot of the journey,” she says.
For Ghahremani, that journey is still very much underway.
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