A native of Armenia, Gayané studied at Foreign Languages Department at the University of International Relations and at the American University of Armenia. She has experience teaching English and over ten years of experience in office administration, event planning as well as assistance with HR and finances. She had worked for a few years at the U.S. Embassy Department of Agriculture and as a project coordinator at USAID before moving to Belgium 15 years ago. In addition to her native Russian and Armenian, Gayané speaks English and French.