In college, Dr. Hashemi worked in urban and rural areas throughout the Middle East and North Africa. She saw the disparities that existed especially with regards to women’s health, which inspired her to pursue medicine. Since then, she’s worked in addressing the social determinants to health with Project Health (Health Leads), comprehensive women’s healthcare with the Women’s Community Clinic in San Francisco, and the barriers within the realm of reproductive health care with Access: Women’s Health Justice.