Ghazal Mojtahedi is a multimedia artist, filmmaker, educator, and PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), based in Baltimore. Her work explores migration, collective memory, and cultural identity through experimental animation, video installation, and visual storytelling.

She holds a BA in Theater Set Design and an MA in Painting from Iran, and an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts from UMBC. Her thesis project, Hanging Garden and Echo of Home, received the Kathy O’Dell IMDA Award for Outstanding MFA Thesis and was supported by the Dresher Center for the Humanities.

Her films, including Passport Tale, Flight Among Shadows, and Burial Permit, have been screened at international festivals across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Her current research focuses on data physicalization, participatory design, and the relationship between technology, memory, and embodied experience.