The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Supdawk kicked off in 2020, founded by the dawk going by "Anonymous." This Vietnamese-American, born to refugee parents, was raised in Chicago but now calls Orange County home. It all started as a joke on YouTube back in '07, but by 2020, it turned into a full-on passion. Supdawk got into sharing his unique humor on big-time social platforms, tapping into that Asian American subculture...

David Nguyen is a first generation Vietnamese American Cook and Content Creator. His culinary journey started at a young age. Growing up, he'd watch his mom cook to provide for the family—from selling rice plates as a street vendor in Vietnam to cooking for family gatherings. She is his biggest inspiration, and the reason why he cooks today. He's been fortunate to have worked for some of t...

Kieu Chinh is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve just begun to sit with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and exp...

Anh Do is a creative director and marketing executive. As Executive Creative Director, Head of Music at Expedia Group, she oversees music supervision and creative strategy for its house of brands: Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo.    Do began her career as a musician, playing in seminal indie band The Tyde, which released albums on Rough Trade Records. Before Expedia Group, Do was a founding partner a...

Gee Q Pham  a Southeast San Diego native & rapper has been recording his own music since 2003. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve just begun to sit with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and ex...

Bao Nguyen is an Emmy-nominated Vietnamese American filmmaker whose work has been seen on HBO, Netflix, the New York Times, ESPN, among many others. He directed BE WATER, a deep dive into the life and journey of Bruce Lee, competed in the U.S. Documentary Competition category at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was invited to other prestigious festivals such as SXSW, Cannes, Telluride, Hot Docs...

M.E.M.O. is an acronym for Medical, Educational Missions & Outreach. A The organization consists of a group of doctors, health professionals, and student volunteers that travel to Vietnam to hold free health clinics in villages. Part of the mission of M.E.M.O is to conduct a preliminary needs assessment, administer vitamins for the severely malnourished population, treat patients to the highes...

Christina Vo is a Santa Fe-based author whose work delves into themes such as loss, intergenerational trauma, healing, identity, and the notions of home and reconciliation. Her second book, M y Vietnam, Your Vietnam , is an intergenerational memoir co-written with her father. Christina is also the author of T he Veil Between Two Worlds: A Memoir of Silence, Loss, and Finding Home . With a backgrou...

Professor Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde received her B.A. in Political Science and Ph. D. in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her teaching, research and organizing interests include: Southeast Asian American history and contemporary issues, mixed race and gender theories, Fashionology, Aesthetics, Diaspora, and Transnationalism Studies. As a passionate advocate for the arts,...

Dr. Jacqueline Thu Thao (Dr. J) is the executive producer of the new feature film Fragile Flower. Before she entered into the film industry, Dr. J graduated from the University of Southern California with a Doctorate in Pharmacy in 1998. She took a two-year sabbatical to learn about herbs and plants from Eastern countries and incorporated this knowledge with Western science teachings, in order to...

Jeannie Camtu Mai is an American television personality, best known for her work on the makeover show How Do I Look? and the syndicated daytime talk show The Real. As a fashion expert, she is frequently featured on television programs such as Today, Extra TV, Entertainment Tonight, and Insider. She has also appeared as a host for E! and as a red carpet host for the American Music Awards. Mai was a...

Tahnne Phan has spent 24 years in public education, working in the Garden Grove Unified School District. She has spent time as an elementary school teacher, assistant principal, high school principal and Director of K-12 Educational Services. She currently serves as an Assistant Superintendent of Business Services and oversees transportation, food services, information technology, facilities, main...

Alex-Thai Dinh Vo  is Research Assistant Professor at the Vietnam Center & Archive (VNCA), Texas Tech University. He is a historian of modern Vietnam and East and Southeast Asia, specializing in Cold War politics and the Vietnam Wars. He oversees the VNCA Vietnam War MIAs and Legacies Research Project and the VNCA Vietnamese Oral History Project. He formerly served as a historian with the U.S....

Francis Lam is the host of The Splendid Table, produced by American Public Media. A regular contributor and frequent guest host on The Splendid Table since 2010, Lam is the former Eat columnist for  The New York Times Magazine  and is Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Clarkson Potter, a division within Penguin Random House that is a leader in cookbook publishing. For two seasons, Lam was a reg...

Pham Dinh Hue là một người cố vấn về ngành giáo dục đã nghỉ hưu với hơn ba thập niên làm việc trong lãnh vực giáo dục tai đại học Quận Cam.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve just begun to sit with families now for interview sessions to r...

Viet D. Dinh — American legal scholar, former Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation and former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve just begun to sit with families now for intervi...

Chris Tran is a content creator and former language instructor. He's been a language and social sciences teacher. Currently living in Saigon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve just begun to sit with families now for interview sessions...

Rachele Nguyen was a contestant on season 2023 of The Voice. As Rachele's voice highlighted unbelievable notes, she received a chair turn from Reba McEntire. Rachele's parents first discovered she could sing when she was 2, when they realized she was singing along to the Vietnamese music her dad would play in the car. At 9, Rachele had the opportunity to participate in a Vietnamese singing...

Gustavo Arellano is an American writer and journalist. He is a featured contributor for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly. Arellano has won numerous awards for the column, including the 2006 and 2008 Best Non-Political Column in a large-circulation weekly from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the 2007 Presidents Award from t...

Thao Huynh French is an artist, muralist and photographer. Born in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, she currently lives and works in San Diego, California. She is best known for co-founding Mindful Murals™ with her husband, where together they’ve painted over 300 community murals for schools and public spaces all over California. In addition to painting murals, she develops projects that intersect social ju...

Please join us as we host this live FOOD and FOUNDERS session with Dada Ngo and Kristin Nguyen, brought to you by Advance OC and Center for Entrepreneurship. The Boiling Crab was founded by Sinh Nguyen and Dada Ngo, a Vietnamese husband-and-wife couple. They opened the chain's first restaurant in 2004 in Garden Grove's Little Saigon. It opened its first intercontinental location in the Kak...

Quyen has lived in the Seattle area for 31 years. He got started in the restaurant industry in 2012 with a small deli shop in Renton. Before that, he was in construction which served him well in designing Anchovies & Salt into the largest Vietnamese restaurant outside of Vietnam. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tino Huynh is the manager at PinkBunny, Manager of Jackie Njine and Founder, Director, CEO at RebelSaint Records. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In  The MAGA Diaries , Tina Nguyen pulls back the curtain on the conservative machine for the first time, shining a light on the systematized on-ramp for young Republicans. These are the new leaders of the right, and it’s urgent we start paying attention. Tina Nguyen is a national correspondent for Puck, covering the world of Donald Trump and the American right. Previously, Nguyen was a White Hous...

Linda Nguyen is a Venture Builder who works with visionary leaders who need support in execution, turning their ideas into reality. She has elevated impactful projects for nearly a decade, honoring the heritage, stories, and ideas of communities through brands, organizations, and initiatives. Infusing her work with a deep-seated intention of compassion, Linda has worked alongside enterprising visi...