In 1992, Armine became one of the first Armenian Language and Cross-Cultural Instructors for the newly opened US Peace Corps office in Yerevan, Armenia. After managing the English Education Program for eight years, she became a Program a Training Officer in 2000 and was supervising volunteers across three programs: English Education, Community Health Education, and Business Education. "It was fascinating to see the positive outcome of the discussions around cultural issues which occurred when Armenian educators worked with Americans."

In addition, she also mentored American volunteers on creating and implementing Community Development projects in Armenia. Integrating various sector initiatives meant she gained exposure to facets of information and communication technology, gender and development programs, as well as environmental and youth development work.

Working with Peace Corps Volunteers was particularly rewarding and she marveled at their accomplishments in Armenian schools. Seeing Armenian principals and educators embrace new ideas and implement new projects while working with Peace Corps Volunteers, at times, surprising. In that work and in general, Armine prefers the “asset-based” approach and thinks it the key to her success. “It helps people generate new images of the future evoked by the best of the past and present to ignite the collective imagination of what might be.”

In addition to translating for the SATI, Armine will also share her knowledge of both educational systems and attempt to integrate her direct experiences in both. She is a strong believer in education: "I salute every effort made towards increasing the number of educated people in the world!" Project Harmony is excited to have Armine join the delegation and share her expertise. Her positive attitude and spirit of volunteerism will be a huge asset to this program. She will be instrumental in helping us to, as she puts it: “raise our awareness of the value, strength and potential of ourselves and others, as well as overcome the limits that we impose on our own capacities.”

Armine Poghikyan graduated from the Foreign Languages Pedagogical University in Yerevan, Armenia with a major in English and minor in French. Before working with Peace Corps Armine has taught at various education centers and schools teaching Enlgish as a Foreign Language.