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Thuy Nguyen

Founder & DirectorPsycho-Education and Applied Research Center

Biography

Tran Thuy Tien Nguyen is the founder and director of the first deaf-led nonprofit organization in Vietnam, Psycho-Education and Applied Research Center for the Deaf (PARD). The nonprofit seeks to empower deaf people to become confident and independent, build capacity for deaf leaders, and raise awareness about the deaf community and sign language. Tien built a network of 35 deaf clubs in Vietnam, launched a Sign Language News program to provide access to information for deaf people, and initiated the SignShow to showcase deaf role models to the public. The saying, “Nothing About Deaf Without Deaf” encompasses the heart of Tien’s work, and she believes in an inclusive society where deaf people have full and direct participation in all decisions that impact their lives.