She has been involved in Persian dance since childhood. She studied Dance and Performance Art at California Institute of the Arts, has a BA in Dance, and an MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University.

Shahrzad has combined her formal training in dance with her intuitive understanding of Persian aesthetics, to develop a formal structure for teaching classical Persian dance.

In 1996 she founded Shahrzad Dance Academy, a non-profit organization through which she trains students in Persian dance.

Currently, Shahrzad teaches dance at Solano College , St. Mary’s College, and is on the faculty of Diablo Valley and Contra Costa Colleges, as well as private studio classes throughout the bay area.

In addition to dance, Shahrzad performs in theater productions. She is a member of Darvag Arts Foundation, a theater company in California, and was the lead in the play, Shahparak Khanoom (The Butterfly). Also, she played Houri (The Spirit) in the Performance Art piece called "Seven Valleys", written and directed by Mansour Taeed (Darvag co-founder), and played Golpari in Opera Picola’s The Guests, written by Shahrnoush Parsipour.  Shahrzad has performed in dance and theatrical productions nationwide.