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August 2023
The Stage - A Place to Shine
Since my younger son, Carsten was born, he hasn’t stopped moving. Even as a baby, he was not content to sit still. He hated the baby swing or being left…
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Jane Nguyen
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Lost Island
A hidden gem in Waterloo
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Jane Nguyen
July 2023
A Day at Arnold's Park
Fun for the old and the young
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Jane Nguyen
Summer Camp - My son's "happy place"
I spent my summers at Camp Foster YMCA on Spirit Lake as a child. Each summer from the time I was seven to fourteen years old, my time in Okoboji was…
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Jane Nguyen
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June 2023
Opening the door to denial
Coming face to face with my identity in 1993
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Jane Nguyen
May 2023
20th annual CelebrAsian - Jewels of Asia
A newfound perspective in 2023
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Jane Nguyen
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Show Me the Way
Through the Eyes of a Refugee Child
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Jane Nguyen
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March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
From South Korea to Iowa; a lavish life left behind to chase the American Dream
As a little girl, in Busan, South Korea, Le Wang loved pretty dresses. Her father, Hou Shiang Wang, owned an upscale restaurant on the very top floor of…
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Jane Nguyen
Asian in the 80s - a glorious time of innocence, a time of great ignorance
Growing up in West Central Iowa, I thought I knew who I was. I had lived in the same town since I was four. I was Jane, a girl with lots of friends, who…
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