LIEM VU

Television Host

Audio Transcription:

I guess for a lot of people, high school is the time that you feel like there isn’t a place for you in this World. I had dreams; I wanted to be someone who was creative, who could tell stories. But I didn’t feel like that was possible just because I didn’t see anyone like me, so I ended up studying law ‘cause I thought ‘I’m not going to chase my dreams of writing, of being a journalist, being that creative person,’ but interestingly enough, life takes you in different paths and you end up where you should be, at least thats what I’d like to think. My parents, they immigrated here from Vietnam following the Vietnam War and obviously left their life. I guess I didn’t realize that until recently when I thought to myself ‘Oh my God! I’m allowed to be unique. I’m allowed to be who I am and chase what I want to chase because of all the sacrifices they made for me’. This is getting deep, this is like Oprah deep!

- Liem Vu

Audio Transcription:

I guess for a lot of people, high school is the time that you feel like there isn’t a place for you in this World. I had dreams; I wanted to be someone who was creative, who could tell stories. But I didn’t feel like that was possible just because I didn’t see anyone like me, so I ended up studying law ‘cause I thought ‘I’m not going to chase my dreams of writing, of being a journalist, being that creative person,’ but interestingly enough, life takes you in different paths and you end up where you should be, at least thats what I’d like to think. My parents, they immigrated here from Vietnam following the Vietnam War and obviously left their life. I guess I didn’t realize that until recently when I thought to myself ‘Oh my God! I’m allowed to be unique. I’m allowed to be who I am and chase what I want to chase because of all the sacrifices they made for me’. This is getting deep, this is like Oprah deep!

- Liem Vu