Alana Nahabedian

Alana Nahabedian is an Armenian-American passionate about humanitarian work and youth civic engagement, creating avenues for youth to get involved, get educated, and begin working for change. She is a freshman at Claremont McKenna College, dual majoring in International Relations and Public Policy with a sequence in Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies.

Alana is the President of the United Nations Association of the Claremont Colleges and serves on the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of Pomona Valley, serving as the sole chapter liaison while leading a campus chapter spanning 5 undergraduate and 2 graduate intsitutions. She was also recently elected as one of three regional representatives from Southern California to serve on the 2024-2026 UNA National Council. Before starting her undergraduate journey, Alana led the only UNA-USA Chapter in Nevada from her sophomore to senior year of high school.

A 2023 Coca-Cola Scholar, Alana is part of a wide variety of organizations working to create a difference locally, nationally, and globally. Alana serves on the board of directors of two non-profit organizations: EntrepreYOUership, a 501(c)3 that offers support for youth interested in entrepreneurship and financial literacy; and the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief, which provides humanitarian relief to orphaned Armenian children and adults with disabilities throughout the world. Alana also founded the Armenian Youth Council, a grassroots organization dedicated to uplifting and expanding Armenian voices, serving as a united force for Armenian youth to collaborate and work for change.

At Claremont Mckenna, Alana is a student assistant at the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, a research assistant at the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, an Associate Consultant at SOURCE Nonprofit Consulting, a writer for the Claremont Journal of International Relations, and the founder and president of the Armenian Students’ Association at the Claremont Colleges.