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Have you ever been to the DMV or some other official kind of place and seen immigrant parents with little English proficiency helped out with the paperwork by their school aged children Tung Ly was that kid. When he was growing up in Tulsa, the
In 1980, Quoc Hoang was born in a refugee camp in a Malaysian jungle. Two and a half months later, his family found itself in Canada in the dead of winter, totally dislocated from friends and family, and in a city Toronto that, at the time, had
A true "professional bohemian", Stephen Collier is a nationally known artist and one of the founders of the Good Children Gallery on St. Claude. The son of a white father and a Vietnamese mother, Stephen grew up in Natchitoches where he was one
Vietnamese Motorbike Culture from Head to HeelsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Generally speaking, Vietnamese people particularly the older generation don t go to counselors, they don t see life coaches, and they sure as hell don t see shrinks. It s not that they don t have problems like the rest of us , but for various r
New Orleans born Hanoi based photographer, Aaron Joel Santos, gives us a picture of Vietnam life. From weddings to double amputees, Aaron Joel Santos shows us Vietnam from behind the lens. But today he s showing us Vietnam from behind the mic.
Uyen Vu is a high end jewelry marketing expert. She s also a recovering metal head with a New Orleans past. From Chopin to Metallica music, Uyen talks about musical influences, her her life on the road as a working heavy metal musician, and her
Grandmaster Tai Le began his disciplines in Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu as an eight year old in Vietnam. In the years before he fled the country, he would teach classes to hundreds of people at a time sometimes on tennis courts When he came to the
When we think of the big city racial crises, there s often that image of an Asian community caught in the middle of it perhaps epitomized by the Asian shopkeeper in Spike Lee s "Do the Right Thing" who, in defending his business from the same a
Think back if you can, to a time when you were a kid and your parents were called to school to talk about your progress in the classroom, or about disciplinary problems on the playground. And try and imagine what it would have been like if your
What do you do after earning runner up status on NBC s The Voice and releasing a 1 single on iTunes You go to Vietnam and appear on their version of the The Voice of course That s what New Orleans based recording artist Terry McDermott did anyw
Many of us are aware of some of the profound changes happening in Vietnam as it emerges into the global age. We see images of modern skyscrapers appearing on the Saigon skyline and cars replacing the ubiquitous motorbikes on Hanoi s streets, bu
When Barbara Weaver s father Mike went to Vietnam in 1967 to serve in the war, he brought with him not much more than a rucksack with his toothbrush, a few family photos, and some clothes. When he returned to the States almost ten years later,
More than twenty years before the Cyndi Nguyen ran for City Council, there was the self described rebel Cindy Nguyen who nearly got herself kicked out of high school and went off to Iowa in search of something different. The Cyndi who returned
The Vietnamese were among the first to return to the City to rebuild their homes after Hurricane Katrina in many cases before there was a promise of any kind of assistance from government, Brad Pitt, or anyone else. As things began to return to
We ve all heard stories of the hard working immigrant who finds success however you define it through their own hard work and determination, but do you wonder if it ever truly happens It has in 22 year old Ngoc Pham s case When the Ngoc came to
Anybody who s followed the New Orleans food scene over the past few years would likely have noticed the proliferation of Vietnamese restaurants across the city. Food that was once found only in Vietnamese enclaves on the West Bank or in the Eas
Having left Atlanta, Cam Tu Nguyen moved to New Orleans for love and stayed for her love of New Orleans and its Viet community. As a non profit organizer Cam educates everyone in the NOLA Viet community from underserved fisherfolk to church goi
Have you ever been walking the streets of Saigon, looked around, and said to yourself, "this place is great but it s needs more hillbilly soul bands." Well wish no longer because Kim sat down with Nick Rivette and Davis Zunk of The Wanderluster
Kim s in Mexico this week so we re taking you back in time to one of our favorite episodes with Alison Ecker. Alison Ecker lives in Hanoi, and joins us with a live report on the strange fate of the motorcycle helmet in Vietnam, and the importan
NOLA Acupuncturist Quang Huynh volunteers in the PhilippinesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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