YP Stories | AGBU Young Professionals Network

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

Raising Awareness, Strengthening Ties

"AGBU’s strength resides in the guidance, resources, ideas, and moral support that it provides to its volunteers."

Upholding Values

"It makes me proud to think that I have made a positive impact on others through my passion and drive to impact AGBU’s programs."

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Entertainment Revolution

How Google’s Serge Kassardjian is transforming the way we consume entertainment and media

Inspiring New Leadership

"AGBU resembles the fabric of the global Armenian nation in its ability to create impact by engaging communities throughout the world for more than 115 years."

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Philanthropist at Heart

Learning from the older generation, Will Nazarian sets an example for the next one

Formula for Engagement

For Mihran Egavian volunteering is beyond satisfaction

The Ripple Effect

AGBU Milan’s Gayane Khodaveerdi takes small actions to make a big impact

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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

Game On

Michael Agbabian’s original approach to the TV game show pays off with critics and fans

Taking the Lead for YP Paris

"AGBU's worldwide network and professionalism allow us to envision and implement ambitious actions to unite the young Armenian generation."

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Empowering through Mentorship

"The strongest asset of AGBU for me, is the fact that it is one of the oldest non-profit organization offering astonishing opportunities to restructure the future of Armenia by bringing together every one of us that live in the Diaspora to contribute towards a better tomorrow for Armenia."

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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

Initiating a New YP Toronto

How Haigo Derian unified peers to launch a new network in Canada

Exodus from Artsakh

AGBU wasted no time to gear up for the monumental challenge at hand, given its deep experience on the frontlines of humanitarian relief, especially those of more recent memory—from the Syrian Armenian refugee crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, the explosion at the Port of Beirut, the 2020 Artsakh War, and now the exodus of the Armenians from Artsakh.

Fright Fighter

How lifelong stutterer Joze Piranian talked his way onto the world stage

Being Armenian, Being AGBU

Nathalie Piranian reflects on her involvement through the years

Fulfilling her Destiny

Volunteering is a family calling for Natacha Keuchguerian

Sao Paulo Immersion

For Haig Apovian, AGBU Brazil is a global platform

Motivated and Engaged

"Besides equipping me with strategies and tactics of centered leadership that I try to apply every day, the Goriz program also inspired me to take an Armenian angle in pursuit of my other interests, to attach a meaningful purpose to them."

Latest News and Stories

AGBU Board Member Arda Haratunian and AGBU Managing Director Anita Anserian in conversation with Artsakh’s Minister of State Artak Beglaryan and special advisor David Akopyan.

AGBU Organizes Open Forum for Artsakh Minister of State Artak Beglaryan

On November 11, 2021, Artsakh’s Minister of State Artak Beglaryan visited AGBU’s Central Office in New York to meet with members of the Central Board and engage in an open forum with young professionals in the Greater NY Armenian community. Accompanied by special advisor David Akopyan, who has spent decades working in the United Nations on development and security, Beglaryan arrived to share a strategy for the next chapter in Artsakh’s history.

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