When Firoozeh was in the 6th grade and changed her name, what was refreshing to her?After she graduated college, why did she use both her given name and her American name on her resume?

Initially, Firoozeh went back to her real name..... at least until she realized that she wasn't getting interviews. Adding Julie to her resume wasn't something she intended, but its addition seems to have gotten her job offers.

When I went to college, I eventually went back to using my real name. All was well until I graduated and started looking for a job. Even though I had graduated with honors from UC– Berkeley, I couldn’t get a single interview. I was guilty of being a humanities major, but I began to suspect that there was more to my problems. After three months of rejections, I added “Julie” to my résumé. Call it coincidence, but the job offers started coming in. Perhaps it’s the same kind of coincidence that keeps African Americans from getting cabs in New York.