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…
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…
Finding the words
The Armenian Institute (London) invited me to speak about the creation of the Queer Armenian Library. Through my own personal narrative of living as a…
Hallmarks of culturally responsive organizations
In this talk for Traverse Connect, I discussed some truths about what does and doesn’t work when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives….