Hai Minh Nguyen Interview
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Hai Minh Nguyen Interview
Subject
Hai Minh Thi Nguyen, Supervisor of English Language Training, Refugee & Immigrant Community Services
Issue area: Refugee rights and justice, ESL instruction, arts education
Chicago Resident: 28 years; immigrated to Chicago in 1993
Chicago Areas: Uptown, Belmont Cragin
hmnguyen@heartlandalliance.org
Hai Minh Nguyen is a community-oriented artist and educator. Her artworks center the labor of women and honor the impacts they have in everyday life. She aspires for art to heal and create positive change. As an educator, Hai Minh worked at the Boys & Girls Clubs as an arts specialist and a teen coordinator. She has been teaching English as a Second Language since 2012, in Vietnam and in the U.S. This is Hai Minh's fourth year with Heartland Alliance. She started as a volunteer coordinator and ESL teacher. In her current capacity as supervisor, Hai Minh manages educational service provision for 800 refugee and immigrant adult learners. In addition, she creates and monitors program plans, systems, and procedures to ensure program success. Her favorite part of work is meeting new people and connecting participants with resources to achieve their next steps. She graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in Studio Arts and has a CELTA (Pass A).
Issue area: Refugee rights and justice, ESL instruction, arts education
Chicago Resident: 28 years; immigrated to Chicago in 1993
Chicago Areas: Uptown, Belmont Cragin
hmnguyen@heartlandalliance.org
Hai Minh Nguyen is a community-oriented artist and educator. Her artworks center the labor of women and honor the impacts they have in everyday life. She aspires for art to heal and create positive change. As an educator, Hai Minh worked at the Boys & Girls Clubs as an arts specialist and a teen coordinator. She has been teaching English as a Second Language since 2012, in Vietnam and in the U.S. This is Hai Minh's fourth year with Heartland Alliance. She started as a volunteer coordinator and ESL teacher. In her current capacity as supervisor, Hai Minh manages educational service provision for 800 refugee and immigrant adult learners. In addition, she creates and monitors program plans, systems, and procedures to ensure program success. Her favorite part of work is meeting new people and connecting participants with resources to achieve their next steps. She graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in Studio Arts and has a CELTA (Pass A).
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Hai Minh Nguyen
Age: 34
Supervisor of English Language Training, Refugee & Immigrant Community Services
Chicago Areas: Uptown, Belmont Cragin
"And so they're also feeling the pressure of like, how do I learn all the different platforms and make, like, get interesting material for you? How do we teach in a way that's interactive?"
Age: 34
Supervisor of English Language Training, Refugee & Immigrant Community Services
Chicago Areas: Uptown, Belmont Cragin
"And so they're also feeling the pressure of like, how do I learn all the different platforms and make, like, get interesting material for you? How do we teach in a way that's interactive?"
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“Hai Minh Nguyen Interview,” Oral History: Lake Forest College + Heartland Alliance, accessed November 21, 2024, https://oralhistory.lakeforest.edu/items/show/7.