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Thu-Huong Nguyen is a member of Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA). APAA is a student club that has been at the forefront of activism and advocacy at Cornell. Thu joined APAA as a freshman in the midst of a decade-long campaign to obtain more administrative leadership for the Asian American community, especially around social and mental support. That following summer she interned at her hometown chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League researching the history of the Asian American movement, and interviewing student activists, professors, and community leaders throughout the U.S. With the assistance of a multiracial coalition at Cornell and Thu’s research, the APAA achieved its goal of hiring a new assistant dean dedicated to the needs of Asian and Asian American students as well as a new student center. Thu served as the president of APAA in her senior year.
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B.S. URS 2011

ttn23@cornell.edu

Thu-Huong Nguyen is a dual degree student in the Department of City and Regional Planning, and the School of Arts and Sciences with a major in Africana Studies. She came from a Seattle public school and is the first in her family to attend college. For her, CRP provides a wonderful combination of small classes with plenty of hands-on projects, discussions with experienced professors who are very accessible, social-justice minded classmates, and countless academic and research opportunities at the undergraduate level. She was able to visit Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Brazilia with the Brazilian Cities Program, and travel to post-Katrina New Orleans on multiple occasions to volunteer and do field research. After finishing her bachelor of science degree, she hopes to continue higher education in the fields of social policy and urban planning. She feels that the URS academic experience has fully prepared her to take on such an endeavor.