I co-founded, host, and produce Jazve Talks, an Armenian-English language video-podcast series that seeks to expose shame-based narratives through honest conversations with artists, writers, and creatives in Armenia and across the diaspora. Watch on Youtube | Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts | Follow us on Instagram & TikTok.

Previously, I was reporting and contributing to investigations on gender and sexuality in Europe/Eurasia from Armenia for Opendemocracy, an international news publication based in the UK.

Back in Boston, where I’m originally from, (or, rather, a 15-minute drive away), I worked as an audio producer for The World, a nationally-syndicated foreign affairs radio program co-produced by PRX, GBH, and formerly the BBC World Service.

In 2022, I earned my joint master’s degree in journalism and international human rights and humanitarian action from Sciences Po Paris with a regional focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. I’m also an alum of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (and its college radio station, WMUA).

I speak Russian, French, and I’m currently learning Armenian. In my spare time, I like to recreate and cook the ‘post-Soviet’ recipes my mother used to make me while growing up. And, I enjoy feeding stray cats and writing poems in journals I forget to open again.

For story tips, tape syncs, and/or collaborations, please get in touch: lucymartiros [at] gmail [dot] com