Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, PCCN, is an assistant professor at Washington State University College of Nursing – Vancouver. A nurse scientist with expertise as a community-based participatory research methodologist, she completed both her PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship at OHSU’s School of Nursing. She is a Senior Fellow in the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Institute (APICLI), as well as a member of the APICLI steering committee, and Co-Chair of IRCO Asian Family Center Advisory Board.