Arpine Korekyan is an Armenian born in Latvia. She graduated from the Yerevan State University in Armenia with honors in international relations and history in 1996. In 2003, she earned a M.A. in development management from the London School of Economics. Arpine has worked for more than eight years for non-profit organizations in the development field. Prior to coming to HKS, she worked for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as a national program officer in Armenia. Her professional interests include improving the effectiveness and impact of public programs and innovative solutions for achieving this goal. Her most recent professional engagements were in the field of population, demography and development strategies, and public health. Korekyan is fluent in Armenian, English, and Russian.