Araksya Karapetyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1982[1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University (B.A.)[2] |
| Occupation(s) | TV anchor and reporter |
| Employer | FOX11 Los Angeles |
| Television | KTTV (2012-)[3] |
| Spouse | Amir Yousefi[4] |
| Children | 2 |
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]
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 and attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School.[2]
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]
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.[4]