Into the Community
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.
-Howard Zinn
Philanthropy is the love of humanity in action. -Thao
Causes that I donate to regularly:
On & Phat Ha MiraCosta Sociology Scholarship | Operation Hope NC | VietRISE | Asian Prisoner Support Committee | NC Lifeline | API RISE | Teada Productions | VAALA | Viet Film Fest | Austin Asian Film Festival | Big Brothers & Big Sisters SD | Umoja MCC | Oceanside Sanctuary | Asian Pacific Islander MCC | MANA Program for NHPI Students | Hoang Vu Tran Memorial Scholarship for Justice Impacted Students | Transitions Program for Formerly Incarcerated Students | Asian American Writers Workshop | Kundiman
Leadership Volunteering for Non-Profit Organizations
Vietnamese American Arts and Letters
Board President
North County
San Diego Promise
Board Chair
Co-Founder
Board Chair
Supporting and Promoting Community Events
Oceanside Justice Coalition in Osider Magazine's May/June 2021 Issue
"Conflict and Care" Session with the AAAS Community | Denver 2022
Celebrating Juneteenth with North County SD NAACP | Oceanside 2021
Houston's Little Saigon | NPR's publication "Decades After Clashing with the Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community in Texas" 2018
With Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, for a "Conversation on the Power of Food" with award winning Chef Minh Phan
Supporting Qui Nguyen's play, Poor Yella Rednecks at the South Coast Repertory
With VAALA at Gallery Beyond Walls opening night in Santa Ana, CA
With Transitions Program for formerly incarcerated student
With San Diego residents marching to ban private carceral facilities