Vian Nguen – Gates Finalist

Vian Nguyen is a 2021 UCI graduate who majored in Comparative Literature and minored in Asian American Studies. As an undergraduate, she worked at UCI Libraries as a Student Assistant for the Orange County & Southeast Asian Archives, Special Collections and Archives, and External Relations. She interned for Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Libraries, where she taught students about oral histories and learned about community archiving practices. She was a part of UCI Women’s Rowing, the Humanities Center’s Stories from the Sea Project, Viet Stories Oral History Exhibition, ASUCI’s Sustainability Commission, the Humanities Honors Program, and Model United Nations. As a UROP Fellow, she and her team, “EcoSpuddies” taught lessons to Montessori School students about environmental issues and solutions to understand the impact of environmental education on intergenerational learning within families. Nguyen aspires to share her love for storytelling, teaching, and sustainability in the field of education.

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May 4, 2022