For Vrezh and Marine , hairdressing is not just a profession or a chance to learn something new. It is a safe and welcoming space where they can breathe out, let go of tension, and simply be themselves. At the James and Marta Batmasian Vocational Training Center in Parakar, students with and without disabilities learn side by side, sharing the same classrooms, the same dreams, and the same laughter. Seventeen-year-old Vrezh Aghababyan and sixteen-year-old Marine Madatyan,

For months, Satenik, Sofi, Susanna, and Abraham have been rehearsing tirelessly. Today, their efforts comes to life as they take the...