Anh Nguyen

Anh was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to the United States in 1991 along with her sister and brother. As the assistant manager of the homemaker program, Anh sympathizes with her clients on a personal level. She describes herself as having a helpful spirit with the ability to sympathize with other individuals' struggles in a new country. Anh knows first-hand how difficult is it to cross language barriers as one assimilates into a different culture. Her own experiences empower her to assist others in improving other challenges as well such as computer literacy and other technological feats.

Before her career in social work, she wanted to follow her parents' career paths in the medical field and become a nurse, however, while attending Truman College, she began working part-time at the Epworth United Methodist Church, assisting the pastor of the church and translating Vietnamese for its members. From there, her altruistic qualities grew and she was introduced to the mission of the Chinese Mutual Aid Association.