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Title: Oral History of Debbie Nguyen
Creator: Nguyen, Debbie
Contributor: Lei, Lisa
Date Created and/or Issued: 2014-03-02
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: Oral History of Debbie Nguyen, born in 1978 in Saigon, Vietnam. She is part of the "1.5 generation" who fled Saigon with her family at the age of seven. Her father was one of the boat captains that steered the boat to safety in the Philippines. Debbie attended California State University, Long Beach for her undergraduate studies and earned her Masters of Arts at the Academy of Arts in Northern California. After receiving her degree, she returned to Southern California to reunite with her family. She has a daughter, Quin, with her fiancé, Javier. Art is also extensively discussed as she explains how it has helped her explore and liberate herself. Currently, she is an art teacher at a Chiao Hsin Chinese School Language in Monterey Park, California.
Scope/Content: This recording is from the Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2014 subcollection.
Scope/Content: Debbie Nguyen and family, Photographer unknown, date unknown
Type: sound
Format: 1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log English; 1 pdf field notes English; 3 jpg image files
Extent: 00:47:25
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8tx7b
VAOHP0170_P01.jpg
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/11455
Language: English
en
Subject: Art | Boat People | Buddhist | Catholic | Children | Citizenship | College or university | Education | Employment | Family | Identity | Immigrant | Mixed race | Nail salons | Reeducation camp | Refugee camp (Philippines) | Teacher | Tet Festival | Vietnam War | Garden Grove, California | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Vietnam, Northern | Vietnam, Southern | Hoi An (Vietnam) | Saigon (Vietnam)
Time Period: 1970-1979
Relation: Linda Vo Class Oral Histories, 2014

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