Bui, Mai
Person
General Context
Mai Bui was a researcher and interviewer with the Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston project.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Nguyen, Lai, 2006
File — Reading Room Computer: 1, File: SKR-MBU-SR01
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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2019-021, Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project Records
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Project Interviews
Dates:
2006
Summary
Lai Nguyen [LN], about 71 years of age, is a Katrina evacuee. She left VN in 1975 and it would take her three years before she’d set foot onto U.S. soil. She left VN as a single mom with three young children along with her other siblings [a brother and a sister]. The group escaped by boat and their boat was turned away by Singapore. Eventually, the group was taken in by a country [name unknown], and she arrived to New Orleans in 1978. After a few months in New Orleans [N.O.], LN moved to...