| Bich-Yen Nguyen is a case in point. Born into privilege in a military family in Southeast Asia at the middle of the 20th century, she was expected to do well. But the death of Nguyen's father, a soldier, left the family destitute. Young Bich-Yen might have expected to go to work to help her mother support her siblings, but family pride said "No!" Mom worked in a military commissary so Bich-Yen could continue at boarding school, then sent her off to college in the U.S. While she was at the University of Texas, married and beginning her own family, the Vietnam War ground to its inexorable close, turning many Vietnamese, including her own mother and siblings, into refugees. Three brothers became "Boat People," escaping over the ocean, and Bich-Yen, who had already begun leading resettlement efforts for her countrymen, rescued her family and helped her brothers go to college, too. Xem tiếp... |
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