The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Chris Tran is the founder of Little Saigon Official. Chris owns a merchandise store situatied inside of Phuc Loc Tho for his “Fall and Rise” brand, which launched online two years ago. Chris' Instagram account is @littlesaigon.officialSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Linh Truong is a freshman at Georgetown and a vibrant content creator on Instagram and YouTube, focusing on fashion and lifestyle. She discusses the transformation of her content from academic to engaging storytelling, emphasizing the importance of representation. Linh dives into her Vietnamese identity, exploring how food and family shape her cultural narrative. She also shares insights on the emotional dynamics of social media, the value of authenticity in creativity, and maintaining optimism and resilience amid global challenges.

Chuong Bui is a seasoned entertainment attorney and partner at Counsel for Creators LLP based in Los Angeles, California. His practice includes entertainment and commercial transactions, copyright, trademark, and corporate law.His years providing legal support on a broad range of entertainment, technology, and artistic ventures (including independent film production, post-production, digital content production, music, book publishing, multimedia art, illustrations, public art, and software development) make him a valuable ally for creative businesses. Over his career he has represented a wide range of creative clients – from filmmakers, musicians, fine artists, and book publishers to technology startups and serial entrepreneurs.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vân H. Truong, EdD is a student-centered educator specializing in distributive leadership. Dr. Truong has over twenty years of experience increasing student achievement and closing opportunity gaps through students, educators and families/partners. She was most recently Portland Public Schools' Interim Assistant Superintendent.Over the course of her career, Dr. Truong worked tirelessly to close linguistic, racial and class achievement gaps while providing advanced learning opportunities for high achieving students. She understands the importance of working across various constituencies to develop a synergistic partnership focused on the whole system. This requires the ability to work across race, culture, language, class, and socioeconomic status in order to bring the best thinkers and movers together.Dr. Truong started her career at Portland Public Schools (PPS) as a secretary, then moved on to teaching French, art, and ESL. Since then, she has been Vice Principal at Franklin High School, Principal at Mt. Tabor Middle School, Assistant Director of Secondary Instruction, Senior Director of English as Second Language Program, and Executive Director of Teaching and Learning at PPS.During her tenure, PPS achieved its highest graduation rate in more than 15 years. PPS is a PK-12 urban school district in Portland, Oregon that serves more than 49,000 students in 78 schools, making it one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hawaii-Born Damnboy! became a #1 Reggae Artist in Hawaii. Damnboy! is a singer influenced by reggae, pop and a little bit of alternative rock. Hailing from Hawaii, he quickly learned that the best route to a future in music is to gain mass support from home then get away from it. The result: his hit single "How High?" was picked up by 50+ radio stations across the United States and becoming the #1 reggae artist in Hawaii. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Maria Trần, a Vietnamese-Australian artist based in the US, is an actor, filmmaker, and martial artist with a passion for fight action choreography. She is also the founder of Phoenix Eye Films, a production company focusing on female leadership, extending its influence from Australia to the US. Beyond the spotlight, Maria holds a background in psychology and has spent over a decade as a Youth Digital Arts facilitator in Australia, all while pursuing acting and filmmaking as personal endeavors. Her recent role as Madame Tien in "Last King of the Cross" on Paramount+ reflects her dedication to the craft, embodying a spirit that resonates both on and off the screen.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Peter Steinhauer is a husband, a father, and an artist photographer, who has been living and working in Asia since 1993. Steinhauer’s first artist monograph, Vietnam: Portraits and Landscapes, was published by Edition Stemmle in 2001.  Enduring Spirit of Vietnam, his second artist monograph was awarded Best Photography Book of the Year 2007 by PDN.  Cocoons, Steinhauer's third monograph was published by Powerhouse Books in January 2019. His prints are in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and a growing number of private and corporate collections world wide.  He is a recipient of numerous international photography awards including a finalist for the Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year 2014, and 2017 won a Lucie Award for his Cocoons publication, a Ford Foundation grant for his multi year work in Vietnam, Black and White Spider Award for Architecture, IPA and PX3 Paris awards, three Communication Arts Photography Annual Award of Excellence awards, among others. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ky is the founder of Pho Da Culture, who's mission is to curate, showcase, and provide awareness to all the Vietnamese creators around the world one person at a time. Pho Da Culture spotlights new creators each week along with recaps of our top videos from their social media accounts. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tom Nguyen is a veteran commercial real estate broker, real estate attorney, and developer/investor with over 24 years of experience and over 1 billion in closings.Recently Tom teamed up with Keystone DCS, to start Key Partners LLC a commercial real estate investment and ground up residential development firm.Tom heads up acquisitions and dispositions for the company and also serves as its general counsel.Tom was given the top award at the Vietnamese National Association of Real Estate Professional’s (VNARP) Top Commercial Broker for 2022.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ava Do is a magician, mentalist, and deception consultant. As an immigrant trying to manage impressions from two different environments, she became fascinated with the subjects of perception and social psychology.After studying Psychobiology from UCLA and working as a crisis counselor, Ava has spent the last decade turning her academic background and real-world experience with human behavior into a unique style of entertainment.Ava's performances are a combination of sleight-of-hand demonstrations and mind games to create psychological illusions also known as mentalism. While initially guests are drawn to the novelty of a female magician, they soon realize she has the expertise of a behaviorist and the charisma of a con-artist.With a thorough knowledge of the subculture of deception practitioners - con-men, hackers, art forgers, etc.. Ava has been sought after as a consultant for popular films and television programs such as WB's Focus starring Will Smith & Margot Robbie, as well as Amazon's Sneaky Pete.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy