Sophia Makhail, a senior at Chapman University's Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded a $2,500 community impact grant from a local Irvine based company along with their sponsors, chosen through a selective, merit-based review process.

I have often reflected on my journey to Armenia, trying to understand the historical path of an ancient nation across the centuries. My first encounter with Armenian culture came through a television documentary on the Armenian Genocide and the shared fate of the Christians of Asia Minor,