Dr. Jajoo-Frindrich is a retired rheumatologist born in Tehran, Iran. She migrated to Australia in 1984 due to the persecution of Christians in Iran. She completed medical school in 1994 at the University of New South Wales with honors. In 2000 she became a board-certified internist in Connecticut and in 2004 obtained her rheumatology subspecialty from Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. 

 

In 2004 Dr. Jajoo-Frindrich joined as a partner at Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates in Phoenix. She also was a researcher and partner at Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Research until her retirement in 2019.

 

Dr. Jajoo-Frindrich volunteered at Sunday School at St. Peter Cathedral in Glendale, Arizona from 2006 to 2017, the latter 6 years of which were as its director growing the school from 84 to 181 students.

 

Being a third-generation genocide survivor of the Assyrian Genocide of 1915 by Ottoman Turkey, in 2018 Dr. Jajoo-Frindrich joined the Seyfo Center, also known as the Assyrian Genocide Research Center, and is currently serving as the president of its Arizona chapter. She also serves on the community advisory board for Genocide Awareness Week at Arizona State University's School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. She has authored several articles, some published in The Assyrian Journal and Nineveh Magazine, has presented at various speaking engagements in the US and Australia, and has collaborated with Professors Hughes and Travis on this curriculum. The story of her grandparents, Iniar and Werda Jajoo, is included in this curriculum. 

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