December 2018 Alumni Highlight | Yvonne Luong

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November 2018 Alumni Highlight | Dat Nguyen

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The Final Pen Drop

Howdy UNAVSA, it’s Olyvia your Editor-in-Chief from the Northwest! I was both honored and humbled to be able to serve you all this year and I am sad to be closing out this fruitful term ultimately, I have decided to not return next year. This is not because I don’t love UNAVSA (I always have…

20/20 Vision – A Conference Reflection

Since 2012, UNAVSA’s scholarship committee has selected 4-8 scholarship recipients to attend our annual leadership conference. Each year, the scholarship class reflects the ideals and characteristics the committee believes is crucial for the progression of the Vietnamese North American community. This year’s scholarship recipients for UNAVSA-15 in Atlanta are Anthony Nguyen (Northern California), Austin Le…

Still Searching

Life and the path one takes is never crystal clear. The road to success and fulfillment is sometimes a long journey of self discovery and self improvement. Read more about Viet Nguyen’s journey to finding his path in life and share the struggles that accompanied him along the way. In elementary school, I was often…

Presidential Perspective: Tropes of a Dragon Lady

Former UNAVSA President, Thoa Kim Nguyen, shares another piece for the Presidential Perspective series. Read below for another soulfully crafted piece by Thoa. “…My roommate and I dubbed you ‘Dragon lady’” he proclaimed loudly, while laughing and awkwardly jabbing his friend’s arm. Not more than 15 minutes before this statement he introduced himself as Ben…

August 2018 Alumni Highlight: Lucy Tran

Current City: San Francisco, CA UNAVSA Involvement: UNAVSA-8: Logistics UNAVSA-9: Southwest CoRR & Logistics UNAVSA-10: Southwest CoRR & Logistics UNAVSA-11: CPP Campaign Director UNAVSA-12: IVP UNAVSA-13: IVP UNAVSA-14: CPP Audit Director UNAVSA-15:    Sponsorship How did you get involved with UNAVSA? I began my involvement with UNAVSA when I referred through Thoa and Phong Nguyen. This…

Me, Myself, and Tài.

Tal Le is originally from Baltimore, Maryland but currently resides in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Portland State University in International Relations, Tai spent a portion of undergraduate career studying abroad at Hanyang University, in Seoul, South Korea. Unsure of where his path in life would take him during his time at Hanyang, Tai set…

Sorry Mom, But You Can’t Buy My Love.

Nona C. is a freelance writer and photographer who currently resides in Lisbon, Portugal. A native of the windy city of Chicago, Illinois, Nona craved the passion for creative writing and visual storytelling through photography. She has worked as a creative strategist and graphic designer for large advertising agencies in addition to doing freelance work…