Hello! My name is Phương Nhật Nguyễn. I was born in Hà Nội, Việt Nam and lived the first 6 years of my life there. My family now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I went to Malden High School (CO’ 17) and currently go to the University of Southern California studying International Relations and the Global Economy with a minor in East Asian Languages and Culture, Pre-Law.
This blog is called “phuong goes” because: 1) I go many places, 2) I am going to do the things I set out to do.
In the future, I want to improve U.S.-Asia Pacific relations as an international arbitrator.
I am passionate about pushing equality, sustainability, human rights, institutional reform, international conflict resolution, and diversity in the work place!
I love to travel, volunteer, and learn new languages. I speak Vietnamese and English fluently. I’m learning Spanish and Chinese, and I’ve studied Latin.
Some other hobbies include upcycling, dismantling unjust institutions, painting, running, swimming, reading, writing. Some of my favorite books are Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and The Time In Between by Maria Duenas. My favorite poems are On Quitting by Edgar Albert Guest and Mayakovsky by Frank O’Hara.
Me (in yellow) next to former Prime Minister of the UK Gordon Brown. 
Volunteering at an animal sanctuary for Spring Break 
My Alternative Spring Break to Utah serving with Best Friends Animal Sanctuary to combat animal abuse. 
Summer 2016 with my nomadic host family in Tibet, China 
The nomadic community gathering for our group’s farewell celebration. 
A student at the private school I co-taught at in Ricaurte. 
Representing the U.S. at the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s annual summer fellowship organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
Planting trees as one of many volunteer services included in the summer fellowship.
“How much grit do you think you’ve got?
Can you turn from joys that you like a lot?” (On Quitting)
“Now I am quietly waiting for
the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.” (Mayakovsky)
phuong goes 