The daughter of journalist and founder of the Haratch newspaper, Chavarche Missakian, Arpik was exposed to the profession from a very young age.

She learned the basics and gained practical experience in issues related to printing, distribution, and financial management of a daily newspaper like the one run by her father.

She was responsible for launching the monthly literary and artistic supplement titled Midk yèv Arvest (Armenian: Միտք եւ արուեստ, literally "Thought and Art").

[1] Supported from 1984 by another journalist, Arpi Totoyan (b. in 1945 in Istanbul), Arpik Missakian ran the newspaper until 2009, when it ended.

[5] She translated one of her father Chavarche Missakian's writings from Armenian to French: Since March 2022, Chavarche-et-Arpik-Missakian Square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris has been named in her honor.