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2 minute read | Thao was born in Dalat, Vietnam, and emigrated to the United States in 1975, and later to Utah in 1982. Thao grew up primarily in boarding...

3 minute read | Lee grew up in Vietnam and spent his early years with his mom in Vietnam. Later, he moved to Saigon with his parents, where one of...

3 minute read | Lou was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but grew up primarily in the United States after his family emigrated to Delta, Colorado. Lou has fond memories of...

3 minute read | Stephen Phung was born in Delta, Colorado, after his family had emigrated to the United States. Stephen remembers little about his time in Colorado but holds...

2 minute read | I am a third- generation Utahn with my grandparents immigrating to Corrine City from Mexico when they were both kids...

2 minute read | I grew up as a lower-middle class kid in Washington D.C. and was the first in my family to go to college. I always had a...

1 minute read | I came to Utah as a professor of psychology at Westminster University. It was supposed to only be a one-year visiting appointment, but I fell in...

1 minute read | I moved to Utah not knowing much about it, but now I can define Utah in one word: opportunity. My two decades in the Beehive State...

2 minute read | I actually came back to Eureka, Utah, after living away for a few years as a child. My mother accepted a teaching job in Utah and...

2 minute read | My family came from Tonga to West Valley City and we’ve been here ever since. Utah was home to my parents after being born in the...

2 minute read | My grandfather brought me to rural Utah from San Diego, California. We had no family here at the time and grandpa intended to try to take...

2 minute read | I build communities no matter where I am. Whether it’s in a career or profession or service role or being a parent, building community is about...