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Podcast: Nuances: Our Asian Stories
Episode: S3 E06: Travis Nguyen, interpreter & translator, on working with the deaf & deaf/blind communities, how intergenerational trauma manifests in day-to-d...
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Travis Giuse Nguyen (he/Êl) is an interpreter and translator born and raised in Southeast Texas.
The son of a Vietnamese fisherman in the U.S.
and the long-time resident of two minority-majority cities (Port Arthur and Houston),
syncretism is the defining attribute of Travis's lived experience.
In his free time, Travis practices self-care by playing boleros on his trusty ukulele, singing, sewing, and caring for his plants..
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DEFINITIONS
ASL: American sign language
Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese are languages originating from Southern China.
Neurotypical/allistic people do not have a...