Jun 18, 2019
Gianni Le
Nguyen fled Vietnam at the age of 5. Late one night in
the early 1980s, her father wrapped his two young daughters in
a fishing net, then rowed a basket boat out to meet a
more seaworthy vessel a quarter mile offshore. They spent five
days battling storms, illness and pirates who took
everything Gianni’s dad possessed, including his official papers.
Thus began a beauracratic mess that left her family in refugee
camps for over two years before they finally made their way to
Beaverton, Oregon. Almost 40 years later, Gianni is a
successful entrepreneur, mother of four, and wife to an
American dude named Brian. Her journey fits a pattern of Asian
immigration that has strengthen the USA. According to Pew
Research, "Asian Americans are the highest-income,
best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United
States. They are more satisfied than the general public with their
lives, finances and the direction of the country, and they place
more value than other Americans do on marriage, parenthood, hard
work and career success.” Gianni and I talk about her journey and
how it affected her relationship to money, financial security
and her thoughts on a paper work ethic.
See pictures of Gianni
and family on the official podcast page.
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