Hi my name is Vinh (he/him/his) and I am a first generation Vietnamese American from EHT, NJ currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. I am an avid runner, hiker, movie enthusiast, and I love puns. I also serve as the Director of Communications for the East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU).

My dream is to run a wasabi farm in the future but am currently doing my best to help uplift the Voices of Vietnamese-American communities. My hope as a PIVOT fellow is to help empower those in the Vietnamese and Asian and Pacific Islander American communities to engage with local politics and uplift the needs of these communities at the local and state level. I am super excited and thankful to be a part of this program with PIVOT!

Hello everyone, my name is Ngan, I was born in Vietnam and I grew up in Philadelphia. Being Vietnamese is a big part of my self-identity. I was not in a huge Vietnamese community growing up. However, when I was 17, I started to be more involved with the Vietnamese community in Philadelphia, and ever since then, I love working with the Viet community around me. Having a passion for language justice is one of the main reasons I applied to be a PIVOT fellow. I know politically I want to push the Vietnamese community more progressively, and with my language skill, I believe I have the power and the motivation to do so. After this fellowship, I wish to continue to further my relationship with Vietnamese organizers who I work with and thrive to become a better community organizer myself.