Christine ha grew up in a vian emis american family, and she loved the traditional dishes her mam would cook for. She was eager to recreate some of her mam's recipes to reconnect with her viat emmy's heritage. But that all changed when she was diagnosed with neuromilitis optica in her early twenties. To day, christine's a world renowned shath who wons season three of the hit reality t v show master chef in two thousand 12. On to day's episode, a blind woman becomes a master shef and re defines what independence means to her along the way.
Christine Ha fell in love with cooking in college when she tried to recreate the Vietnamese dishes her mother had cooked for her as a child. But when a rare neurological condition left Christine legally blind by age 24, she worried she might never be able to cook again.
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