Tong Vang Early Head Start Family Development Specialist

First Job: Teacher’s Assistant with Head Start

Birthplace: Laos

Years at FCEOC: 11 years

Best advice ever received: A Fresno State professor once told me, “Instead of saying ‘I can’t do it’ … ask yourself ‘how can I do it?’”

Favorite advice I give: Never give up!

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Wendy’s

Proudest moment: My proudest moment was when I graduated from Fresno State and received my bachelor’s in child development.

Greatest personal accomplishment: my education

Best vacation I’ve taken vacation: Best vacation I’ve taken was when I went to Thailand last year.

Favorite weekend activity: I enjoy jogging with my children .

Last good movie I saw: P.S. I Love You

Scariest experience: My scariest experience was moving from a refugee camp in Thailand to America.

If I had a million dollars I would … scholarship for my children’s education and money for Early Head Start.

Favorite place to shop: Fashion Fair

Favorite childhood memory: spending time with my grandmother

Words that describe me best: easy going person, talkative, and a simple, happy person

I like to watch: birds

In my spare time … I like to go shopping with my children.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … to never take anything for granted.