Araksya Karapetyan

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 FOX11's Good Day L.A.[2]

Araksya Karapetyan
Born (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 [1]
Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Gyumri, Armenia)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materS. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University (B.A.)[2]
OccupationTV Anchor/Reporter
EmployerFOX11 Los Angeles
TelevisionKTTV (2012-)[3]
Spouse(s)Amir Yousefi[4]
Children2

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.[5] 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."[6] 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][5] 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 fluent in English, Armenian and is "conversational" in Russian and Spanish.[2] She is married to Amir Yousefi and they have two daughters.[7]

References
  1. "Basic Info". Araksya Karapetyan on Facebook. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. "Araksya Karapetyan". myfoxla.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014.
  3. Margulies, Lee (16 May 2013). "Early morning anchor job at KTTV goes to Araksya Karapetyan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 August 2014. Karapetyan joined KTTV last year...
  4. https://www.partybravo.com/real-weddings/araksya-amir-33
  5. Tchekmedyian, Alene (30 April 2012). "Araksya Karapetyan – The story behind FOX's new face". easyreadernews.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014.
  6. Karapetyan, Araksya (17 March 2014). "Earthquake: It Shakes Up The Past..." my9nj.com. Secaucus, New Jersey. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014.
  7. https://www.partybravo.com/real-weddings/araksya-amir-33
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