Thoa Hoang

Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and raised in San Jose, California, Thoa graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015 with a dual degree in political economy and social welfare. Thoa engaged in outreach with Working Partnership, a workers’ rights organization in the Bay Area, and served with the Lead the Vote campaign, which registered more than 14,000 new Vietnamese and Latino voters. At UC Berkeley, she was active in the Southeast Asian Student Coalition and coordinated the 2013 Summer Institute, which brought together 36 Southeast Asian high school students from across the United States to learn about the social and historical impacts of the Vietnam War.

Field placement: Good Samaritan Center

Jackson, Mississippi

Policy placement: Share Our Strength

Washington, D.C.