The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Christina Le is a career U.S. diplomat with the Department of State and is currently the Political Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, overseeing a team that advises the Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Embassy in Hanoi on political issues impacting the bilateral relationship spanning 33 provinces from central to southern Vietnam. Her previous diplomatic assignments overseas have included Japan, Greece, and Mexico. Domestically, she has served in Washington, DC in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.From 2015-2018, as the president of the Asian American Foreign Affairs Association, she led diversity and inclusion advocacy efforts within the Department of State and was honored in 2017 with the William R. Rivkin Award for Constructive Dissent. She was a 2017 National Security Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan think tank.Before joining the Department of State, she held research positions at a microfinance NGO and at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Public Policy and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kyrgyzstan. She graduated from the University of Chicago. She speaks Vietnamese, Spanish, and Japanese; studied Kyrgyz; and received the AFSA Sinclaire Language Award for Greek.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sophie Tran + Jennifer Tran continue the legacy of The He Tre, a popular Vietnamese language children's education company their parents founded and operated in the 1990's. Today, Sophie + Jennifer have their own YouTube channel called @mommyandmevietnamese where they teach children the basics of Vietnamese language. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Stephanie Tran is currently an Associate Producer at Disney Television Animation, and the co-founder/co-leader of the AAPI employee affinity group TVAnimasians.She has worked for various departments and companies: reality television with Mark Burnett Productions, feature development with Village Roadshow Pictures, talent representation at ICM Partners, business affairs and animation at DreamWorks Animation, animation television production at Warner Bros, animation feature production at Disney Toon Studios, and employee relations at The Walt Disney Studios.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Crystal Bui has worked as a TV news reporter and journalist for six stations around the country, serving every region in the United States for about a decade: Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, New England, New York City, the Midwest, and the South. During her career, Crystal led primetime evening newscasts, extensively covering: George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis and the subsequent riots throughout the city; investigations into hate crimes in the wake of the deadly Atlanta spa shootings; the Aaron Hernandez double-murder trial and many big political races in the national spotlight, including Atlanta’s 2021 mayoral election and Georgia’s 2022 primary race. Crystal Bui is the author of “More To Tell” a memoir about the sexism and racism she faced as a female Asian news reporter in Minneapolis during the time of George Floyd’s murder. The book is available at  www.MoreToTellBook.com  and is now sold across online retailers.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vy Ngo is an Austin based visual artist, who draws influences from her life as a Vietnamese-American, a physician, a mother, and an activist. Born to refugee parents in rural Pennsylvania, her passion for the arts was overshadowed by cultural expectations, an interest in the sciences, and the desire to serve others. After establishing a career in medicine, Vy finally came back to her creative self and began painting in 2015.Her prolific and dedicated studio practice has expanded from painting to 3-D sculptural paintings and site-specific installation work, using the various visual languages to best fit the narrative of her exhibitions. Vy Ngo has had several solo exhibitions and group shows in various public art spaces and galleries in Texas and across the country from California to Tennessee. Her work has been acquired by private and public permanent collections, such as Austin City Hall and Texas A&M Multicultural Center and has drawn attention from various publications and media, such as Tribeza, Austin Woman, PBS Arts in Context and listed as one of the “10 Contemporary Artists in Austin to Know” by Culture Trip.Whether it be representational work, abstract paintings, or large-scale installations, Vy Ngo creates work and spaces for dialogue and introspection about identity, culture, political issues, memories, and the human experience. Instagram @vjngo_artWebsite: www.vyngostudio.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

*** Special note: This episode with Andrew Phung was recorded before the July 14, 2023 American actors' union SAG-AFTRA strike. Run the Burbs is an ACTRA production, which is the Canadian acting union. The show is also written under the Writers Guild of Canada. Andrew Phung is an award winning actor, improv comedian, emcee, and writer. His infectious and relatable personality has made him one of Canada's top comedic performers. His work on Kim's Convenience has earned him four Canadian Screen Awards (2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021) in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.Andrew's television and film credits include The Beaverton (2019), Events Transpiring (2021), Wynonna Earp (2020), and factual series The Canadian Improv Games (2020), where he served as the host, and won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Host - Digital Series.He can also be heard on CBC Radio as a regular contributor to Now or Never, The Debaters, and Because News. In 2022, Andrew starred in the CBC television series Run the Burbs which he wrote, co-created and serves as Executive Producer.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dennis (Dizzy) Doan is a San Diego based tattoo artist, designer, philanthropist and author. During the pandemic he created the iconic digital painting "Model Minority©" depicting a woman wearing the Vietnamese conical hat, dawning a face mask with the words, "Hate is a virus." Doan’s painting was widely shared on the internet and used by the numerous Anti-Asian Hate protests that swept the nation.These days, he is still deeply committed to his craft as a tattoo artist while building his non-profit, The Doan Foundation to empower teen creatives from marginalized communities throughout Southern California.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cat-Thao Nguyen is Managing Director of Global Ready LLC, which delivers leadership programs in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Cultural Intelligence and assisting leaders discover their purpose as it intersects with sustainability. She grew up in Australia, having arrived as a refugee, and is based between Vietnam and Australia.Cat-Thao is an Unconscious Bias and Cultural Intelligence Facilitator certified by the Cultural Intelligence Institute (Michigan, US) and is a certified executive coach. She has designed and led inclusive leadership programs, anti-racism and gender equity programs across the Asia Pacific, North America & Europe. Her clients include listed ASX and Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to establishing Global Ready, Cat-Thao was a corporate lawyer and investment executive. She established and managed Ernst & Young Law Vietnam LLC after being Vietnam/Cambodia chief strategy officer for a Singapore multi-billion-dollar private investment fund and CEO of an affiliate company. She was Regional Director for an Australian education company and management board member of two affiliate joint ventures in Asia.Her advocacy work includes being a former member of the Australian non-government delegation to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, former Board Chair of Loreto Vietnam education charity, management board member of the NSW Ethnic Communities Council and Australian National Community Advisory Board member to SBS (a public broadcaster to serve non English speaking communities) She was founding Board Chair and co-founder of the Australia Vietnam Leadership Dialogue, a non profit organisation enabling leaders to fulfil the UN SDGs via the bilateral relationship.  Cat-Thao Nguyen is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce (University of Sydney) and is a current Doctoral candidate with the University of Technology Sydney (Faculty of Arts & Social Science).Her doctorate work focuses on the intersection between belonging and refugee/racial identity. Her written works have been published by the Asia Society, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among others. Her memoir, We Are Here, published by Allen & Unwin, was a finalist in the NSW Literary Awards (Australia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dianne Doan is a Canadian actress, dancer, and voiceover artist who is known for playing the role of Lonnie in the Descendants franchise. She is also known for playing a variety of roles in several other shows such as Yidu in Vikings, Kate Nguyen in Good Trouble, and Mai Ling in Warrior. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

HIEU HO is a Co-Founder and Partner at Imminent Collision, a  leading TV and film production company with a first-look deal  at Universal Television. As a producer, he oversees their  extensive development and production slate with projects at  Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, ABC and Universal.  Hieu recently produced the highly-anticipated feature  Shortcomings, directed by Randall Park, which had its world  premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and will be  released by Sony Pictures Classics. Prior to forming Imminent  Collision, he was Vice President at BuzzFeed, managing their  global scripted film and television division. By creating  innovative story systems, Hieu leveraged the media company’s  vast IP and data analytics to set up multiple projects across  the major studios and networks. Previously, he served as  President of Chu Studios. Hieu began his career in the Global  Management Program at Warner Bros. and received a BA in  Sociology at UCLA and a MFA in the USC Peter Stark  Producing Program.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy