Student Stories
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Nguyen Do Thu Phuong
College of Health Sciences
Thu Phuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam in a small city called Bao Loc. Her father was a carpenter and her mother was a secondary school teacher. Phuong grew up in not good economic conditions. The place where she lived lacked access to high quality education, so she had to work hard and […]
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Khadijah Adamu Sunkani
College of Health Sciences
Khadijah attended a school that taught in both Arabic and English, skipped grades 9 and 10 to graduate with honors at 16. She pushed through quickly because her family needed a medical person to help her father manage his diabetes. She had watched her father’s nurses help him with his care and wanted to do […]
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Do Truong Huy
College of Business and Management
Huy grew up in the West of Hanoi; his dad is a small business owner and his mother is a doctor. Growing up and attending public school was challenging because Huy had a severe communication disorder as a child. He was often teased by his primary school classmates and describes it as “not a happy […]
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Nguyen Thi Van Anh
College of Business and Management
Van Anh comes from 7 generations of rice farmers in northern Vietnam. Rising at 4 am, she labored in the rice fields to support her family. Recognized for her academic abilities, she transitioned from a local village primary school to the province’s gifted high school. She was not very popular and had some challenges making […]
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Le Chi Cuong
College of Health Sciences
Cuong grew up in the Mekong Delta with his younger brother. His mother had Cuong at 19 and is a therapeutic masseuse and his father is a motorbike repair person. Because his family cannot support enough resources for his further education, he chose to work as an intern for a Teen Magazine. When he wanted […]
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Nguyen Xuan Huy
College of Business and Management
Huy grew up in Hanoi with his younger brother and parents. His father is a security guard and his mother mends clothes for the neighbors. Huy says he was inspired to pursue education to help people because of the example of his English teacher who provided hospitalized cancer patients rice and milk in the hospital. […]
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Tran Ngoc Mai Khanh
College of Health Sciences
Khanh is a first-generation college student who grew up in a family with modest means in Ho Chi Minh City. She first learned about VinUni via YouTube and learned that there are generous scholarship opportunities that might make it possible to pursue college. She picked VinUni’s nursing program because she wants to work with patients […]
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Pham Van Long
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Pham Van Long grew up in a fishing village in Quang Binh. His father was a fisherman but passed when Long was in grade school. His mother is unemployed. He describes himself as an average student in a small school until 8th grade when he earned 3rd place in the district physics competition. He went […]
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Kevin Adah Godwin
College of Business and Management
Kevin grew up in Calabar, a small town in Southern Nigeria. His father works in the local government office; his mother looks after him and his three siblings. Kevin attributes his sense of adventure and inspiration to explore new things to being born October 1, Nigerian Independence Day. Kevin found purpose in serving his community […]
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