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Left to Right: Kevin Marshall - President of Copy Link and Sassan Rahimzadeh - President of Arya Cleaners

The great American dream. That’s how Sassan Rahimzadeh (Sauce-on Ra-him-zadeh) would describe his life. Born in Iran and the son of a successful businessman, Sassan grew up very comfortably in pre-revolutionary Iran. However, in 1978 with his mother and sister, while visiting his brother who was attending SDSU for an engineering degree, Sassan’s world quickly changed. For the safety of his family, his father insisted that they stay put temporarily. That temporary stay has turned into 45 years.

At an early age of 14, Sassan worked very hard to assimilate to his new life. He attended Pershing Junior High, Patrick Henry High School, and graduated from San Diego State with a degree in economics. His father later fled Iran to join his family and start a new life in America. Sassan and his older brother knew that success would not come easy. It was something they had to work hard for and earn. In 1986 he and his brother concluded that a dry-cleaning business was a good idea, and helped their parents open the first location in Tierrasanta. And that was the beginning of ARYA Cleaners. The name ARYA was chosen for many reasons. In the 80’s the phone book was still the best marketing tool, and the name ARYA starting with an “A” meant that it would always be placed near the top of the listings. That was the type of “SEO” that worked at the time. In addition, the word Arya is an old Persian Sanskrit word meaning “of being noble”, which held great meaning to the founders of the company. For over 3 decades, ARYA Cleaners has tried to live up to that meaning by continuing to be a contributing member of this community.

Sassan credits his family’s business’s success in part to his passion for the environment. ARYA Cleaners was the first Chula Vista Business of any kind to receive the Clean Business Award from The City of Chula Vista and was selected by the State of California as the 2009 Small Business Excellence Award recipient, for being introducing major environmentally progressive action plans in their operations. Today, Sassan has been married to his wife Alma for over 28 years. They have two daughters, Natali and Jacqueline. He lives by a simple motto of giving back to the community and country that has given him so much! He contributes his deep desire to be active in his community to his good friend Steve Miesen, who introduced Sassan to the American spirit of philanthropy.

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