Narrator: Nguyen, Alex Thai

Interviewer: Takahashi, Samantha

Date of Interview: 2013-02-10

Permanent Link To This Item: http://hdl.handle.net/10575/8401

Summary: Oral history of Alex Thai Nguyen, born in Bien Hoa, Vietnam in 1966. He discussed his childhood living in the middle of the marketplace in Bien Hoa and his childhood love for building tailless kites and fireworks. After the Fall of Saigon, Alex's father, the Director of Rehabilitation Center, was forced to flee Vietnam to avoid possible persecution or imprisonment. In 1982, Alex's father sponsored the rest of the family, but during the family's journey from Vietnam to America, he passed away. The interview focused on Alex's childhood, the difficulties that he and his family experienced without his father in Vietnam, the impact of his father's death, his pursuit of higher education later on in his life, and his music school. Alex's love for music influenced his current occupation. He has taught piano since 2008, and he currently is a business-owner and teacher at Dancing Keys Studio

Decade of Birth: 1960-1969

Subjects: Business owner | Catholic | College or university | Director | Discrimination | Education | Employment | Entrepreneur | English as a second language (ESL) | Family | High school | Musician | Orderly Departure Program | Remittances | Tradition or custom | Vietnam War | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | San Francisco, California | Westminster, California | Saigon (Vietnam)

Type: Sound

Duration: 01:19:24

Language: English

Provenance: Recorded Digitally