From a “rural” girl to a Hawaii-based student to an activist
July 25, 2019
Everything was different for Khanoum Gevorgyan when she started her senior year at Waimea High School, Hawaii.
Everything was different for Khanoum Gevorgyan when she started her senior year at Waimea High School, Hawaii.
When many years ago little Aghvan Mnatsakanyan said he wanted to become a president, none of his family members laughed and none of them said it was impossible.
Sateny Petrosyan, a teenager from COAF-supported Debet community in Lori, could not wait to share the exciting news in her video blog, “I was selected as a FLEX finalist and will go to the US in July!”
Lilit Khachatryan, 25, is an art critic and photographer from COAF-supported Dalarik community, Armavir region.
Nareh Galstyan is just back from Minnesota where she spent a year at a high school and lived in a host family, in the framework of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program.
Nairi Mnatsakanyan is a serious 17-year-old from Dalarik. “He is one of the best students,” the local school deputy headmaster says.
“I used to live in an ordinary village, and then the COAF “magic wand” changed everything,” Sasun Tonapetyan says.
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