Growing Up Irooni: Nixta Taqueria's Sara Mardanbigi Makes Contact with the Motherland

Leyla Shams
April 24, 2023

Nixta Taqueria is an award-winning taqueria in Austin co-owned by today's Growing Up Irooni guest Sara Mardanbigi. She owns it together with her husband Edgar Rico, whom she recently took on a month long trip to Iran. We talked about her upbringing in Arkansas, what led her to create such a unique business, and about her recent trip to Iran, amidst the women, life, freedom movement.  

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