This entry is the first installation of the “Presidential Perspective” series, written by current UNAVSA President, Thoa Kim Nguyen. This will be a series of a few short stories from Thoa’s experiences as the face of UNAVSA and about her life as a Vietnamese American female. [Disclaimer]: This post contains distressing material that pertains to…
UNAVSA is proud to present the relaunch of the UNAVSA Blog! The blog will be a platform for UNAVSA members and external contributors to engage our community through a collective of creative storytelling. The blog will feature personal narratives, photography portfolios, and other multimedia that resonate with the North American Vietnamese voice and reflect the…
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Dear Friends & Family, The start of the holiday season is upon us! We here at UNAVSA hope our members are able to spend quality time with loved ones this Thanksgiving. Our organization is immensely thankful for our members’ limitless efforts in strengthening and progressing the Vietnamese community. With obligations to personal and professional commitments,…
Dear attendees, I would like to share with all of you my experience of a very special, joyful long weekend in Seattle. Throughout my stay at the conference, I felt belonged, comfortable, relaxed, happy. I have had tremendous fun and created close relationships with several of you, with whom I continue to keep in touch.…
Want to relive some of those conference memories? Read on to hear about some first UNAVSA Conference experiences from the 2015 Visionary Scholarship Class (Vuong Nguyen, Jennifer Nguyen, Natalie Doan-Dunnum, John Nguyen, Kevin Le, Wesley Tran, Royce Le, Katherine Phan)! — Q: What made you want to come to UNAVSA? Royce: To be quite frank (see…
Dear UNAVSA-12, It is a little prolonged but I wanted to some how convey my feelings to you all and my experiences of the past week. During closing ceremony and Positive Sparks, as I sat anxiously twiddling my thumbs, a female came up from behind and embraced me tightly. Up until that point, I had…
You will be so overwhelmed by the amount of #NEWFRIENDS you’ll meet. You will bond with and forever love your UNAVSA Ohana. You will enhance your professional development through networking with people from across the North American continent. You won’t believe all the Asian domination that will fit into one weekend. …
The Ignite Cultural Show is a cultural competition between VSAs across Ontario with the goal to preserve our Vietnamese identity by promoting our Vietnamese culture, and language through the performing arts. This year our theme was Lạc Vào Cổ Tích or Lost in A Tale. Nerve-wracking is a word that perfectly describes how I felt…
Hi! My name is Jen Nguyen and I am a graduating senior studying Psychology and Sociology at Michigan State University. It was my honor and a privilege to be one of the Co-Executive Directors this past year at the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations Midwest’s, 13th annual Vietnamese Interacting as One Conference (VIA-1). With VIA-1…