Nguyenvu Nguyen Recieves Legacy’s Service To Humanity Award
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Nguyen Vu Nguyen M.D.
Nationality: Vietnamese American
Attended GYV: Participant 84-’88
Education: Harvard University 1990-1994 AB in Biology . Emory University School of Medicine 1995-1999. Training in pediatrics at Oakland Children’s Hospital. Training in pediatric cardiology at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON. Training in pediatric cardiac intensive care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Current work: Pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. I also volunteer with Operation Smile, Children as the Peacemaker Foundation, and Project Vietnam.
Biography: I was born and raised in Viet Nam, and immigrated to the USA in 1982 as part of the Boat People Movement. I currently live in Chicago, IL. My most treasured memories of Legacy were being able to have experiential learnings through one-on-one meetings with young people from other cultures and walks of life. It was at Legacy that I experienced the safety of living without threat of wars, conflicts, violence, and poverty. What I have done with my life since those summers, has been to accrue education and skills to empower others, particularly, children of our planet. In addition to being a pediatric cardiologist, I hope to return to school for a master of public health and spend more time in Africa and Asia.
[...] Village took a look at the last 30 years of Legacy’s work and heard from various alumni. Nguyen Vu Nguyen and Susie Kelly and Family where presented with Legacy’s Service to Humanity Awards for their [...]
Nguyenu,
I am not sure you remember me but I most certainly remember you. I counseled at Legacy Int’l. from 1985-87 (summer) and you were one of my students. It doesn’t surprise me how far you have come in your journey. I hope you are still playing the violin. I believe you performed for the Atlanta Youth Symphony the last time we connected. Currently, I am a professional environmental educator living outside Chicago. I noticed you live in Chicago. I work as a habitat restorationist at a local nature center and I own an earth caring enterprise called Swiftdeer-Paige in which I perform ecology Native American storytelling programs, conduct workshops in eco-gardening, storytelling, and green living. I am happily married with two older step-sons, a lovely wife and a lazy but somewhat contented soccer playing cat named Mia. Hopefully, you are the right person I know and if so it would be great to get together when our wintry world fades away.
Peace to ya’,
Dennis Paige
You should be commended for your work with Operation Smile and other worthy causes. Please support them every day just by using yahoo search. There’s a way to direct revenue from yahoo search to your favorite charity, just go to http://www.freelanthropy.com, select Operation Smile and they will earn money for each search.