Nancy Nguyen

Nancy Nguyen is an undergrad at Stanford University, majoring in Human Biology and Modern Languages. She is interested in the stories and well-being of people, especially the elderly. She loves learning and teaching different languages. Nancy has been on various medical missions to Vietnam in the past two years and will serve in China after the project. She looks forward to working with the new team.

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Mario Suntanu

Mario Suntanu is proud to be a Stanford student class of '09. He comes from Indonesia and feels more and more connected to South East Asia as time goes by; that's why he loves being able to contribute back through SEALNet. He enjoys meeting new people and learning languages. However, he's thinking in majoring in Computer Systems Engineering and Economics and co-terming in Management Science and Engineering. He will spend this summer RA-ing in the High School Summer College program at Stanford.

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Chi Pham

Linh Chi Pham is a sophomore at the University of Bristol. She has been in the UK for more than four years, and goes back to Viet Nam quite often. She has not got a chance to travel to Da Nang yet, and feels that Project Vietnam is a great opportunity for her to explore the city. She hopes to get to know all of the team members and to have a wonderful time during the project. She loves doing charity work, and has a great passion for playing with children. She also loves reading novels, playing squash, and travelling. She will graduate next year and hopes to find a good job in banking sector in the UK. She is looking forward to this project and to seeing all her teammates in the next few weeks. She lives in Ho Chi Minh City, and is willing to be a tour guide for her friends in the area.

Phuong Tran

Phuong Tran is a freshman in Amherst College, and she might pretend to have a major already. She also attended United World College of the Adriatic class of '05. Being a Hanoian, she has never been to Danang but has heard a lot about the city and would love to explore it. In her free time she reads (out-of-class-readings are a luxury, not nerdy), writes, travels, and enjoys the company of her friends and family. Community service has been part of her life in the last three years, and she looks forward to Project Vietnam as yet another chance to learn from amazing people and meaningful activities.

Kenneth Wong

Kenneth is a Masters of Laws (LL.M) student at Columbia Law School. He will be graduating in May to return to Singapore where he will start his Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law at the National University of Singapore in August. Having volunteered at a Christian orphanage in a village a little outside Phnom Penh in the summer of his first year in college (which he did at the University of Cambridge, UK), he is really keen to go to another South East Asian country to help in whatever miniscule way he can in aid of its development. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, watching movies, playing the piano and eating (almost anything, really).

Brooke Rosenkrantz

Brooke Rosenkrantz is 20 years old and is from Boca Raton, FL. She goes to to Amherst College and is a Philosophy Major. She doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. She is fun-loving, easy going, and adventurous. She is also looking for someone to travel with after the project. She has never been to Asia before, and is really excited about Project Vietnam 2006!

Ca Dao Nguyen

Ca Dao is currently a first year student at the London School of Economics with a degree in Accounting and Finance. She was born in Hue but lived in Danang for 15 years. She has not got the chance to go back to her hometown for 2 years so she is really looking forward to this project because she can do something for her city. She was an active member of her high school's Social Activity Team and she really enjoys volunteering and social activities. She loves hanging out with her friends during her free time and her passions is dancing. At the end of the project, she will head for Ho Chi Minh City to start her internship with Citibank (branch of Citigroup) for 2 months.

Thai Huynh

Thai Huynh is currently attending Arizona State University studying General Biology and hoping to get into medical school within this next year. His extracurricular activities include being a camp counselor, volunteering with a non-profit organization, being a member of the Vietnamese Students Association, and teaching incoming freshman students survival skills at the university. During his free time he enjoys hanging out with his friends, salsa dancing, playing tennis and going to the movies. Project Vietnam 2006 will be Thai’s first trip out of the country.

Tuyet-Mai Hoang

Tuyet-Mai Hoang is currently a freshman at Bates College. She likes participating in volunteer programs for the community and also likes to teach kids. In her free time, she likes to read, write, dance, knit, and travel. She moved to the U.S. in 2000 and has not had a chance to be back in Vietnam since. Therefore, she is very excited for this trip. Her family lives in Boston now but will soon move to Texas.

Chi Tran

Originally from the rural area of Da Nang, Vietnam, Chi came to the United States in October of 1994. She is currently studying pre-pharmacy at Arizona State University and plans to attend Pharmaceutical school to attain a degree in Doctor of Pharmacy. Aside from school, Chi also participates in youth choir and volunteers her time every Sunday with the Eucharistic Youth Society at her church. She is very excited about Project Vietnam 2006 and is looking forward to making new friends.

Cara Magrogan

Cara is graduating next week from Gettysburg College with a double major in anthropology and psychology. She will be attending the University of Pennsylvania to get her Masters in Social Work this coming fall and working for with refugees who suffer from mental illness. Originally from Maine, Cara has a passion for working with disadvantaged children and learning about other cultures. Although she has traveled quite a bit this will be Cara's first trip to Southeast Asia.

Phuong Lan Huynh

Phuong is currently a Public Administration graduate student at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York. She will be graduating in December 2006. Phuong is interested in youth and women issues. Prior to coming to the US, Phuong has worked for the Australian Red Cross on HIV/AIDS and the International Labor Organization on expansion of employment opportunities for women in Vietnam.

Tuan Nguyen

Tuan Nguyen is going to be a final year student at University of York, England. He spent one year on exchange to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His major is Computer Science, but he has a broad range of interests including finance, business, politics and sociology. He loves reading, traveling and meeting people from different backgrounds. He is looking forward to being part of this project serving his hometown and working with smart people.

Peter Nguyen

Peter is currently a sophomore at Fountain Valley High School. At first, he was really hesitant on whether or not to join SEALNet, but as time has gone by, he has accepted it to be an opportunity to get out of his proverbial "comfort zone." He knows it will be a great experience, and he hopes to get to know the rest of the college folk a lot better.

Mia Nguyen

Mia Nguyen was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She came to Arizona State University as a National Merit Scholar to study political science in the Barrett Honors College. Her extraccuricular activities include working as a writing tutor to undergraduate and graduate students, mentoring high school students through Youth Re:Action Corps, hosting a music show on the campus radio station, and working with fifth graders from underprivileged elementary schools. She has studied abroad in Spain and is working on attaining fluency in Spanish and Vietnamese.