Sona Martirosian

Sona Martirosian

Sona Martirosian was born in Yerevan, Armenia and moved to Glendale, California in her teens. She now lives in New York and writes personal stories that often focuses on migration, memory, and Armenian-American identity.

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Santa Came When the Lights Were Out

​​A childhood New Year’s Eve in Armenia’s “dark and cold years” becomes a tender, humorous meditation on belief and survival. Through the eyes of a six-year-old waiting for Santa, the story captures warmth and unexpected magic amid hardship.