Van Thanh Vo Head Start RN

First Job: News reporter

Birthplace: Viet Nam

Years at EOC: 15

Best advice ever received: “Go to nursing school.”

Favorite advice I give: “Eat nutritious food and exercise.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Sweet Tomatoes

Proudest moment: graduating from nursing program

Greatest personal accomplishment: passed nursing program in English

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Hawaii / Paris

Favorite weekend activity: shopping

Last good movie I saw: Avatar

Scariest experience: being jailed in a communist jail for one week

If I had a million dollars I would … retire.

Favorite place to shop: Macy’s

Favorite childhood memory: playing soccer with my Dad and brothers

Words that describe me best: hard working, responsible, reliable, caring, and by the book

I like to watch: Korean dramas

In my spare time … I like to read, work in my garden and sew.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … it is possible to start life over from scratch (with nothing).