Tovmasyan was born August 1982 in
Vardenis. She studied at the Faculty of Humanities at the
Armenian State Pedagogical University from where she graduated as an English guide translator in 2000 and a journalist in 2003. In 2013, she graduated with a
MSc in political science from the Armenian Academy of Public Administration. She followed up on her studies in journalism in international standards of journalism at the Institute for War en Peace Reporting in
Yerevan in 2004, and in a program on juridical journalism from the
Association of European Journalists. In 2014-2015 she participated in Democracy courses organized in
Yerevan by the
Council of Europe. == Professional career ==