Lusine Minasyan

Born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia, Lusine Minasyan is a graduate of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and currently works for the Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC) based in Yerevan. Right after her graduation, she volunteered in Athens, Greece for nine months and, coming back, she worked at the AUA Office of Communications for four years. She is passionate about writing, editing, and translating. In the framework of recent cooperation with Matenadaran — Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, she has translated around 100 letters from Western Armenian into English addressed to Khrimian Catholicos (written between 1893-1895). The letters have unprecedented historical, linguistic and geographical information and, acknowledging their significance, she is eager to continue translating and publishing more of them.