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Reflections on Fulbright journey and community health

Me (on the far left) in rural Vietnam with my mother and little sister in 1996. We immigrated to the U.S. in 2002 when I was 9 years old....

These pictures are from a wonderful sunset recently in small town San Crisanto where I have been living the past several months. There...

I have been meditating pretty regularly, and also look forward to continuing this. It takes only 21 days to form a habit, and that's what...

Oh, how time flies. I remember it was just late July that I arrived in Mérida. On a whim because Fulbright did not permit me to conduct...

Perhaps most exciting activity recently for me was when I introduced Vietnamese cuisine ingredients and cooked with my host family as...

Due to being in a site that is a rural town, I was apprehensive about focusing on my research only and not having the opportunities to...

The community members see me walking around a lot. This is me, looking pretty happy walking around, rain or shine as I continue my...

Dear friends and family, This is a short post to let you know that I have safely arrived at San Crisanto, a remote 586-person fishing...

Dear family, friends, and anyone else in this world wide web with whom I have the pleasure of being in touch: It has been a while since I...

The below are my own photos, not of patients I have worked with, but of myself. On a hot summer night in August, after a night of walking...