Liyah Babayan

Bio

Liyah Babayan is the author of Liminal, a Refugee Memoir, where she documents her and her family's survival of the ethnic killings of Armenians in Baku, Azerbaijan following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Introduced to readers as the “Armenian Anne Frank,” her memoir details a child’s perspective of war and genocide and explores the lasting impact of childhood adversity and generational trauma. As a transformational life coach and public speaker, Liyah continues to inspire others by sharing her transparent and personal journey of living with PTSD, methodology and valuable insights for recovering one's wholeness, self knowledge, personal power and inner peace. Guiding both youth and adults to find that place inside themselves where nothing is impossible. In 2019 Liyah was invited to present her book and testimony in Congress in support of recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The House of Representatives passed a resolution with broad support on October 29, 2019, this historic recognition ended the longest censorship and lobby-imposed gag rule on the U.S. Congress, Presidency and academia in U.S. history. Most of all, Liyah enjoys oil painting, cooking, reading, playing and reliving childhood with her three children Dominic, Angeli, Aza Ani and Anahit, the nectars of her life.