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Why avoid challenge? | Armine Afeyan | TEDxYerevanSalon

1,569 views · Published 17 May 2016 · 15:43 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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An exploration of survival-driven gratitude as a key component of Armenian identity. 

Armine Afeyan grew up in Boston, MA as the oldest of four first-generation Americans in an Armenian-Swedish family. She attended Yale University, where she studied Political Science and was a four-year athlete on the Crew Team. After university, Armine spent three and a half years working for a marketing technology startup in Boston before leaving to work full-time for the United States National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide Centennial. Six months ago, she moved to Yerevan to fulfill a longtime desire to bring her personal passion for Armenian development into her professional career. As Director of Communications for 100 LIVES and the Aurora Prize, Armine gets to help bring the stories of modern day heroes who risk themselves to help others survive to the world, expanding the narrative of what it means to be Armenian one hundred years after the Genocide. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring her new home city, planning her next adventure, and improving her Armenian one frie

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