HIGH SCHOOL: graduated from Lake Highlands (Richardson District) in Dallas, Texas in the Spring of 95

EDUCATION: B.S degree in Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University, May 1999. I am a first year medical student at Texas College Osteopathic Medicine.

COURSES: Fall 99: First Block: Cellular Science (Anatomy, Biochem, Molecular Biology/Immunology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology), Clinical Osteopathic Medicine, and Manipulative Medicine.

HOBBIES : read books (detective stories....ldrenSherlock Holmes, Agatha Christy (tuye^t. cu' meo`), Chinese history...Tam Quo^c' Chi', chuye^n. tru+o+ng?, and science-related stories); watch movies (action!!!Yes!!!); listen to musics (soft Vietnamese musics and pop music-European type); play sports (badminton...like to smash so badly); love to spend time with my family and friends; love camping and picnic!

MEDICAL-RELATED EXPERIENCE : I was one of the thirteen students in the Dallas-Richardson-Garland area who had a prestigious honor to be selected in a research program at Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, Texas). My project was to build a vector for the Bloom Syndrome's gene. If you are interested in my research, come back to my homepage some time in the future to check it out.

Volunteered in the Emergency Room and Operating Room at the Presbyterian's Hospital in Dallas, Texas.; volunteered in Walnut Plaza Nursing Home in Dallas

ORGANIZATION : I am a member of Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society of Agriculture), Phi Eta Sigma (National Honor Society for Freshmen), Human Biomedical Science Association, Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society for Senior), Tri Beta (National Honor Society for Biology), Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-med Honor Society), Golden Key, Badminton Club, and OVEA (Organization for Vietnamese Education Assistance).

CURRENT INTERESTS : the World Wide Web and Medical School.

MY PHILOSOPHY about being a doctor: Being a doctor is not just brilliant, knowledgable, reliable, tough, hardworking, and competent. It is rather heart and mind, hope and will, love and courage...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is costly, care for it.

Life is wealth, keep it.

Life is love, enjoy it.

Life is mystery, know it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.