About Thi

Thi is an American writer and photographer currently residing in Portland, Oregon after traveling to Vietnam and working as a barista in Boston & Cambridge, MA for the past four years. In her free time, she can be found writing, reading, watching/analyzing films, learning more about coffee, connecting with others, and just thinking…thinking a lot!

A daughter of traditional Vietnamese refugees from a small coastal town in Texas and diagnosed with moderate severe hearing loss, Thi often thought that the bulk of her childhood was confined behind a hedge. Due to this isolated upbringing, she threw herself into art to express herself. As a young girl, Thi gained her people-watching skills from observing strangers from behind the counter of her parents’ commercial shrimping supply shop. Her passion is to tell stories through the magic of film and photos, because she knows that we all have at least one great story to tell.

Thi’s main goal is to encourage audiences to look at the world in a different angle and come to understand each other no matter our differences. Her love for science, art, culture, architecture, and language coalesce into imaginative and impactful visuals and prose. Also, she aims to be a life-long learner!

She is a proud University of Texas at Austin Communications: Radio/TV/Film alumni and also identifies as an INFJ/P and enneagram #2.

“To define is to limit.” - Oscar Wilde

Interests

• Writing

• Films

• Hospitality

• Coffee

• Cooking

• Literature

• Social Change

• Philanthropy

• Sustainability

• Media Studies

• Colonial Studies

• French Language & Culture

• Architecture

• Travelling

• The Ocean / Marine Life

• + too many other things to list!