Araksya Karapetyan
| Araksya Karapetyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1982 [1] Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Gyumri, Armenia) |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University (B.A.)[2] |
| Television | KTTV (2012-)[3] |
| Spouse(s) | Amir Yousefi[4] |
Araksya Karapetyan (Armenian: Արաքսյա Կարապետյան; born August 27, 1982)[1] is an Armenian-born American television personality and anchor woman for the Los Angeles-based KTTV Channel 11's Good Day L.A., a morning news and entertainment program.[2]
Early life
Karapetyan was born on August 27, 1982[1] in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri (then called Leninakan). She witnessed the 1988 Armenian earthquake that left her native city devastated.[4] In an article written following a March 17, 2014 earthquake in Los Angeles, Karapetyan wrote: "Every time we get a shaker here in Southern California I quickly have a flashback to my childhood. I was 6-years old in 1988 when a devastating earthquake hit my hometown in Gyumri."[5] Meanwhile, the ethnic conflict with Azerbaijan intensified as the Soviet Union was on its way to collapse. Due to these hardships her family emigrated to the United States in 1990.[2][4] She grew up in Palos Verdes Estates, California.[2]
Education and career
She graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in international relations and broadcast journalism.[2] Karapetyan began her television career as an intern at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and KFI 640 AM radio in Burbank, California. In the past, she has also worked for KIDK-TV in Idaho Falls, Idaho (as reporter, anchor and producer), KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon (as a reporter and host) and as a reporter at CitiCABLE, a government access cable television channel for the City of Torrance, California.[2]
Personal life
Karapetyan is married to Amir Yousefi,[4] who is of Persian ancestry.[6] She is fluent in English, Armenian and is "conversational" in Russian and Spanish.[2]
References
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- Living people
- People from Gyumri
- American people of Armenian descent
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Television anchors from Los Angeles, California
- Syracuse University alumni
