As part of their Celebrating Pride series, the Armenian Institute kindly invited me to submit the following short essay. I am grateful for their support….
Writing what I know (and hope to know)
My writing career started in broadcast journalism, working at WPBN-TV and WXMI TV. But in the summer of 2018, I began to study creative nonfiction…
Arachneer or “Firsts”
I am proud to say I moderated Arachneer (which means “firsts” in Armenian). This event (a reading and panel) featured Armen Ohanyan, Kamee Abrahamian, Nancy…
My Journey
At first, I wanted to be an actor. I studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Los Angeles) and twice attended the British American…
Putting up the guardrails
I called this keynote talk for the Michigan Academic Advising Association “Putting up the guardrails” to share how we can’t “eliminate” implicit biases. Our brains…
Thriving through culturally responsive coaching
I gave this talk to the Minnesota Career Development Association‘s Transformative Tuesdays conference in April 2021. Due to COVID-19, they transformed their annual conference into…