Summary Chau Luu [CL], about 60 years old, is a Katrina evacuee. She left Vietnam with her family due to the harsh treatment when the Communists took over the country. CL’s escape from Vietnam was a long and difficult journey which led her to several countries such as Cambodia and Thailand before arriving to the U.S. CL arrived in Oregon around 1981. CL stated that she had a good first impression of the U.S. government because of the financial aid her family received. CL’s family relocated to N.O....

Summary Bong Mui [BM], a 59 year old male, is a Katrina evacuee. His family moved from North Vietnam to South Vietnam in 1954 when the country was divided. In South Vietnam, BM attended school until he graduated from medical school in 1971. In 1973, BM received a scholarship to study at Tulane University in New Orleans [N.O.]. Due to this, BM and his wife and child were apart from 1973 and were reunited in 1979 in Columbia, South America [S.A.] The family moved back to N.O. in 1979 when BM continued...

Summary Hui Ngo, [HN], about 42 years of age, is a Katrina evacuee. HN had a difficult life growing up, both of her parents died when she was sixteen; therefore she had to take care of her four younger siblings. She left Vietnam in 2003 after marrying her husband. She lived in Corpus Christi [C.C.] for a while then moved to New Orleans [N.O.] because her husband couldn’t find any more work in C.C. In N.O., HN’s family lived in Versailles, a popular community for Vietnamese. Here, HN was much...

Summary Sanh Nguyen, [SN], about 59 years of age, is a Katrina evacuee. He left Vietnam through the Human [humanitarian] Operation Program in 1996 and arrived to Washington State. SN decided to move to New Orleans because he had heard that the commercial fishing industry was profitable. In 2002, SN was able to sponsor his wife and youngest son to the U.S. SN and wife quickly got a job in a Vietnamese bakery, and they both worked there until the day they fled Katrina. SN’s family fled with some...