Chester English currently studies International Relations and Arabic at Fordham University in New York City, where he also is a member of the Armenian Students Association. Prior to Aleppo-NGO Chester had volunteered for the Paros Foundation in 2018 with their diasporan youth program Service Armenia. In January 2021 Chester began volunteering for Aleppo-NGO upon travelling to Armenia in response to the 2020 Artsakh War. Presently he works to address International Humanitarian Law violations that arose during and after the war, as well as coordinate and develop initiatives for refugee resettlement, having fundraised and participated in a variety of Aleppo-NGO’s direct aid and long term programs.