Name: Thuy Cao
Program: Finance
Position: Program Accountant

First Job: Farm laborer

Birthplace: Vietnam

Years at FCEOC: 1 year

Best advice ever received: Don’t sell yourself short (from a professor)

Favorite advice I give: Treat people the way you want to be treated

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: I like eggrolls made by my mother

Proudest moment: When I was awarded a medal with honor for the Golden State Exam in Geometry in high School.

Greatest personal accomplishment: Completed college with high GPA

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: I am looking forward to go camping in Grand Canyon National Park.  

Favorite weekend activity: Fishing and shopping

Last good movie I saw: None

 Scariest experience: When my son got salmonella and passed out with an extremely high fever of 107 degree shortly before his 3 rd birthday.

If I had a million dollars I would… invest in real estate and buy a bigger house and a Hummer.

Favorite place to shop: I don’t have a favorite place

Favorite childhood memory: Going clamming with my brother and cousins

Words that describe me best: Honest, committed to excellence, and responsible

I like to watch: Forensic Files (CourtTV channel)

In my spare time… I like to play puzzles

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… to put your whole effort in doing things and whatever the outcome is, you’ll tend not to regret that you haven’t try hard enough.