Haigo Derian takes pride in continuing the centuries-old Armenian legacy of artisanship. Derian is the co-founder of an innovative jewelry and watch company called CUPIDO, but alongside his hectic work life, he makes time to serve the YP community...
The majestic beauty of the highlands of Nagorno-Karabakh, with its lush rolling hills and imposing mountains along the horizon, is a world away from Dr. Berdj Kiladjian’s bustling dental practice in Boston, Massachusetts. Every spring and fall over...
What do priests, IT executives and high school students all have in common? They all need decision-making skills and have all been trained in the art of negotiation by Stepan Khzrtian, a lawyer, entrepreneur and AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School...
Sahak Artazyan is the chairman of HAIK, the German-Armenian Students Association that consists of a network of German students, scholars and young professionals of Armenian descent with representatives at 17 universities. The AGBU-affiliated...
Anna Dolabjian takes pride in growing and strengthening the Armenian community in Cairo, Egypt. Born to Egyptian-Armenian parents, Dolabjian grew up in Armenia and relocated to Egypt in 1978. Her fruitful and gratifying involvement with the...
Advances in technology are reinventing the ways in which we live at an unprecedented pace. And yet the engine of that change—the technology sector—has stalled in the past. Simply put, Silicon Valley is overwhelmingly run by white men while society...
Helping others has always been an integral part of Jerry Misk’s DNA. Growing up in Queens, New York, he took to a leadership role early on as a counselor at AGBU’s Camp Nubar, embracing the responsibility of looking after dozens of young Armenian...
Fables de la Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine—a book he is never without —and ‘Ils sont tombés’ by Charles Aznavour—a song he often plays on repeat—reflect Eric Dadian’s love for the Armenian and French cultures. Based in Paris, Eric, 58, is a...
Armed with dozens of pairs of sunglasses stashed in every possible compartment, Raymond Nazloomian, 30, moved from his native Sydney to New York City three years ago to conquer the digital landscape. Little did he know he would also be connecting...
World famous mezzo-soprano, Solange Merdinian’s schedule fills up quickly. Having just returned from her ancestral Argentina where she performed at the First Armenian Church honoring the church’s 90th anniversary she is getting ready to perform a...
It is a marvel of human ingenuity how with his feet firmly planted on the ground, Raymond Ellyin’s reach extends far beyond the boundaries of earth. An advanced aerospace engineer in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at Caltech in Pasadena,...
It is an all too familiar dilemma for many young men and women raised in a traditional Armenian household—one that even decades later elicits a knowing smile on Adam Kablanian’s face when the topic is raised in conversation. Growing up in Aleppo in...