Raisa is originally from Goris, Syunik but has lived in Yerevan for about 10 years. She has a Bachelor of Translation Studies; Armenian-English-Spanish languages from Yerevan State University. Despite her young age she already has more than 5 years of work experience with different organisations, including Gazprom Armenia Educational Sports Complex, Armenian Red Cross Society (Employment officer, and later also Accountant for projects funded by EU, ICRC, AutRC, etc.).

Raisa joined the Impact Hub team in April 2022 as Fellowship Coordinator for Impact Hub Yerevan fellowship projects. In October 2022, she took up the position of Program Manager at Impact Hub Syunik and moved back to Goris. She believes that with hard work and support to the changemakers community of Syunik we can bring the best of values and opportunities here.

Raisa is a mountain lover with experience as a hiking guide in the Syunik region, and a coin collector from East to West, old to new.