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Get to Know YPs

Changemakers and future builders

We are a proud group of professionals who believe in the power of community and share a passion for our Armenian culture and shared heritage. We take pride in our professional accomplishments and look to promote deeper connections to enhance career development. 

Take a moment to read about some of our amazing peers from around the world. 

YP Profiles

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Sao Paulo Immersion
For Haig Apovian, AGBU Brazil is a global platform
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Initiating a New YP Toronto
How Haigo Derian unified peers to launch a new network in Canada
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Community is a Way of Life
 Lousin Balmanian found her footing in a new city thanks to AGBU
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Cultivating Unity
María Sol Torosian motivates her YP Buenos Aires team with a singular motto
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Reviving and Thriving
Sarine Karajerjian helped reignite and mobilize YPs in Lebanon
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Philanthropist at Heart
Learning from the older generation, Will Nazarian sets an example for the next one
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Adventures at Pixar Animation Studios
Katherine Sarafian, producer of the Academy Award-winning film Brave, reflects on her 20 years in film production
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Communicating for a Cause
Creating social impact through public relations with Kim Bardakian
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Mihran ‘Miro’ Egavian

Formula for Engagement
For Mihran Egavian volunteering is beyond satisfaction
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Man on a Mission
Raphaël Der Agopian organizes service-based communities for generations to come
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Hagop and Iroula Manuelian

Future Forward
We are all committed to giving back, especially to AGBU. You could say that my father’s legacy lives...
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Fright Fighter
How lifelong stutterer Joze Piranian talked his way onto the world stage
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Ignacio Balassanian

Working Hard and with Transparency
Ignacio Balassanian makes giving back to Buenos Aires youth a priority
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Game On
Michael Agbabian’s original approach to the TV game show pays off with critics and fans
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Carin Kellzi

The Bigger Picture
How Carin Kellzi and YPLA work to contribute to the greater mission of AGBU
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The Ripple Effect
AGBU Milan’s Gayane Khodaveerdi takes small actions to make a big impact 
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The Storyteller
It’s all about the buzz for restaurant marketer Alexis Halejian
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Natacha Keuchguerian

Fulfilling her Destiny
Volunteering is a family calling for Natacha Keuchguerian
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Nathalie Piranian

Being Armenian, Being AGBU
Nathalie Piranian reflects on her involvement through the years
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Armenian Queen of Cuisine
Aline Kamakian rules the Armenian restaurant space with a not-so-secret mission
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Latest News and Stories

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Small World
Exploring identity with the author of the Little Armenias guidebook
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20/20 Foresight
Celebrating 25 years of Young Professionals—drivers of the future of AGBU
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From Paris, with Pride and Purpose
AGBU 90th General Assembly unites behind an inspired vision for the future 
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International motivational speaker Joze Piranian explores conquering fears at the FOCUS 2023 all day conference.

FOCUS 2023 : un week-end intensif de partage d’idées et de rencontres
Après quatre ans d'attente, près de 500 jeunes professionnels de plus de 25 pays se sont réunis à Ma...
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Born in New York. Raised for Armenia.
Aram Spendjian makes it fashionable to be Armenian—at home and in the homeland
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Young Professionals from as many as 30 countries gather at São Paulo’s Pullman Hotel for an all-day conference

Thinking Big in Brazil

AGBU Focus 2019 challenges young Armenian professionals to think globally, serve locally, and lead boldly
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L'UGAB marque ses 110 ans de présence en France en mettant l'accent sur la situation actuelle dans le Haut-Karabakh (Artsakh)
Dans 110 ans, l'UGAB existera toujours avec les générations futures qui porteront le flambeau dans la poursuite de sa mission. Aujourd'hui, l'avenir de l'Arménie et de l'Artsakh  est devant nous, à nous de le conquérir.
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In Unity is Strength
From the frontlines: The AGBU response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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92ème Assemblée Générale de l'UGAB en Arménie : un événement fédérateur porteur d’unité et de résilience
Conscients des enjeux, et du climat de division tant à l’intérieur qu’à l’extérieur du pays, les responsables de l'UGAB ont appelé à plusieurs reprises à l'unité et à la résilience, éléments cruciaux pour bâtir une Arménie indépendante et prospère.
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