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Lusine
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    Lusine Simonyan is the Director of the Child Development Foundation in Armenia, a non-profit organization focused on improving social services and providing assistance to children and families. In her work, she collaborates closely with local self-governments and Ministries, and brings her grassroots experiences and insights into policy debates. She holds a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Vanadzor Teachers’ Training Institute. As a Humphrey fellow, Lusine aims to deepen her knowledge of public administration and policy design and implementation, in order to enhance how civil society organizations and government agencies collaborate on social justice and child welfare. She will focus on NGOs institutional development and financial sustainability issues. She also hopes to improve her skills related to nonprofit leadership and management, strategic planning, and financial stewardship and sustainability.