In 1998 she became the first family member to travel to Armenia since her grandmother , a survivor of the Armenian Genocide , had been deported c. 1915 . While there , volunteering for an English-language newspaper , Matossian became informed of the overwhelming plight of Armenian street children . Her involvement with these children culminated in a 2002 leave of absence from her teaching career to work for three months with them
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Mariam Matossian