Nastaran Ashtari has earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, and a Master of Art in Urban Planning from Azad University. As a project Engineer, her role at Fortress entails project estimates, take-offs and equipment anchorages.
Nastaran enjoys hobbies such as gardening, painting, hiking, calligraphy, and dancing, and names Titanic as her favorite movie. When asked she says that Cyrus the Great is her personal hero because he delivered the first human right inscription. If she ever won the lottery, she would use the money to fight against cancer.