Name: Gohar Stepanyan
Place of Birth: Yerevan
Date of Birth: 28 May 1980
Favorite Band or Singer: Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, 2pac.
Favorite Song: “Strangers in the night” etc.
Favorite Song from Paros Chamber Choir Repertoire: Gutanerg etc
Personal Goal: To be a useful member of the society by my activities. To create a good family, to bring them up as honest and philanthropic children.
Personal Statement including hobbies, interests, family, etc.: I like singing, having fun with my friends, and playing sports. I try to find interest in everything and dream of meeting Casper in person. Even more, I desire that people with disability live a full life in Armenia. I also want Turkey to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

From 1990-1996, I studied at the ballet department of the State Dance College. Since March 1996, I have been confined to a wheelchair.

In 1997, I joined the Paros Chamber Choir. I have participated in many concerts of the choir both in Armenia and abroad. Since 1998, I have been a member of the wheelchair basketball team of the IPTRC and participate in various competitions.

In 2002, The NGO “Bridge of Hope” sent me to Moscow to participate in a seminar “Disability and Mass Media”. Upon my return home, I worked for a year in that NGO as a mass media trainer.

I am also a member of Unison NGO. In 2003, I participated in the First International Congress of Young Disabled People in Swansea, UK. I am also a member of the Editorial Board of Invisible People periodical of Unison NGO.

In January 2005, I participated in a women’s tennis competition held in Tehran, Iran.

In Summer 2005, I took part in a monitoring of physical accessibility of public places in Yerevan within the framework of a program “Accessible Environment for People with Disabilities”.

I am not married and I live with my parents. I am employed by Naregatsi Art Institute as a secretary. My duties mostly include answering telephone calls.