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The godfather of manicures and India's Silicon Valley

The History Hour

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The Importance of Passion

Min had a vision that he could help not only our family but so many Vietnamese families in our community by establishing and going to this industry. He wasn't naturally suited to the nimble craft of filing painting and polishing but despite his reservations he packed a bag and headed to the Hacienda Lefwerta Adult Education School for nail technician training. After he completed his training he was determined to open a school right in the heart of the Vietnamese refugee community which had become known as Little Saigon. The student enrollment started picking up and after a year it was widely successful. In 1991 we opened a second campus as I looked around and saw the number of people that wanted to go into

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