Pierce College students left to right are Holly Dagres and Star Safari.

Holly Dagres might be one of the few women who can steal some of the thunder from Hillary Clinton at one of the senator's presidential campaign rallies.

Dagres drew much of the attention at a recent rally at the California State University, Northridge, Grand Salon, distributing souvenir combs engraved with the name and office number of her boss and Clinton backer Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks.

Tall, blond, model-svelte and elegantly dressed in black, Dagres looked more confident than her intern position would suggest, disarming a questioner who wondered whether she had ever used the long silk scarf around her neck as a mantilla at church.

"Actually, when I lived in Iran, I used it to cover my head and shield my face," Dagres said. "I'm also Iranian. Actually, I'm half Iranian."

Dagres, an honor student at Pierce College and an aspiring clothing designer, offers a window into an American experience rarely seen: The children of Iranian-American marriages crossing ethnic, religious, cultural and even racial barriers.

Dagres also had to struggle with religious isolation in Iran - as did Safari, who is Baha'i.

It is an issue especially poignant as Iranians in the United States celebrate the Persian New Year - Norooz - that began last night and occurs every year at the spring equinox, the first day of spring.

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