Backpack Report: Betty Hekimian

Hi, my name is Colette Youstra reporting about American immigrant and entrepreneur, Betty Hekimian. Her father lost his job when the war was about to start, so he moved to America. Betty, her mom and her brother moved to their grandmother’s house in Liverpool, England. Once their father had enough money to bring them to America, Betty and her family boarded a rescue ship to the USA. Better got married later on, but her husband died in Korea. She remarried Norris Hekimian about 7 years later and they had a business called Hekimian Labs, an electronic firm. After selling it, they started the Phase Foundation to give money to human services. It is now run by their children.

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Montgomery Community Media’s training program teaches you how to make your voice heard through the use of television and other forms of media. Montgomery Community Media offers a wide variety of video classes in field and studio production to Montgomery County residents and organizations. Students are trained to utilize Montgomery Community Media’s equipment to produce their own programs for air on Access 19 and the Montgomery Channel as well as the web and to volunteer on other productions.

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