Tran Thi Kim Thanh

20, DeAnza - Su+ Pha.m

What is your career ambition and what have you done to prepare for it?: My career ambition is to become a bilingual teacher. In preparing for this career, I have volunteered to teach at Van Lang School (Trung Tam Viet Ngu Van Lang) every Sunday since March of 1996 while attending De Anza College during the weekdays. I believe that the knowledge I acquire at school and the experience at Van Lang will help me accomplish my career goal.
What are personal accomplishments you are most proud of having achieved?: I am proud of being a volunteer teacher at Van Lang School to help preserving vietnamese language in a foreign land.
If you were crowned MISS AO DAI, what will you do to help Vietnamese Community? Or others?: If I were crowned MISS AO DAI I would participate in various groups to raise money for the disabled people. I will continue to teach at Van Lang to help the younger children learn and keep the Vietnamese culture.