Team Members
Natalie Xuan Van : Founder
Natalie Van is currently the Director of Finance at a company in Huntington Beach. Besides working within the automotive, computer, and service industries, she also had teaching experience being a professor of Managerial and Cost Accounting for six years. In her spare time, she is engaged in different community and religious activities.
Yen Chau Van, MD : President
Yen Chau Van has been a member of Education For The Poor since 2006. She is a strong advocate of the use of education as a long lasting way to improve lives. She graduated from medical school and is a practicing pediatrician.
Ai Chau Hoang, MD
Ai-Chau Hoang has been a member of Education For The Poor since 2006. She was a volunteer for the EFTP Summer 2008 and 2009 English programs.
Quynh Chau Hoang, PA : Secretary
Quynh-Chau Hoang graduated from the University of California, Riverside in 2013 with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biology. She then pursued the Physician Assistant Program at Chatham University and graduated in 2018. Quynh-Chau was a volunteer instructor for EFTP's 2008, 2009 & 2010 Summer English Programs.
Thu Hang Tran
Thu-Hang Tran was a volunteer of the 2018 Summer English Program. As a recent graduate at Boston College, she holds a masters degree in Higher Education and is now sharing her love for traveling at Kennesaw State University as an Education Abroad Program Coordinator.
Tue Phuong Van : Advisor
Tue Phuong graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, a Master degree in Education, and obtained a California teaching credential in Accounting. In 1989, Ms. Van became the Treasurer of The Association of Vietnamese Language & Culture Schools of Southern California where she worked to acquire sufficient financial resources to fund the first Pedagogic Training session of the organization.