Our Team

JULIA HA is a Chinese-Vietnamese American from the San Francisco Bay Area, the daughter of Vietnamese Boat People refugees who immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1980s. She received her B.A. from University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she majored in History: War, Revolution, and Social Change with a special emphasis in Genocide Studies, and graduated with a M.A. Ed. degree from San Francisco State University (SF State) in Equity and Social Justice in Education with a focus on Genocide Education from San Francisco State University (SFSU). She currently works as an EOP Advisor at SF State.

TAMMY TRAN is a Chinese-Vietnamese American whose parents are both Vietnamese Boat People refugees. Originally from the East Coast, Tammy moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend the Academy of Art University for Art History and Fine Arts. It was during her college years where she reconnected with Julia and began studying their family's history. She graduated from George Mason University with a M.A. in History of Art and MLIS in Library & Information Science from Catholic University. She currently works for George Mason University.

UYENTHI TRAN MYHRE is a cat mom, a daughter of refugees, and honored to be both a contributor and editor with Project Yellow Dress. She received her B.A. in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She is a consultant, educator, and writer who has worked in higher education and non-profit settings.

JES VU is a Vietnamese-American/Canadian who was raised by refugees parents in the suburban hell outside Philadelphia - the land of hoagies, cheesesteaks and the Philadelphia Eagles. She received a degree in Film & Media Arts and Graphic Design at American University in Washington, DC. Her background is primarily in the entertainment industry having served as a producer on a number of short films, a program associate for CAPE's New Writers Fellowship as well as being an organizers for multiple arts/entertainment-related conferences like Kollaboration EMPOWER and Asian American ComiCon. She currently works in the intersections of video games and Hollywood, and outside of PYD, she serves a producer for the podcast “Southern Fried Asian” under The Nerds of Color’s Hard NOC Media. She is a member of PYD's Outreach team for Los Angeles.

OLYVIA CHAC-NGUYEN hails from the Pacific Northwest. She currently works at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. She is currently the Outreach & Curator Coordinator for Project Yellow Dress. In her spare time, Olyvia adores traveling to new destinations, writing creative pieces, igniting her foodie game, capturing polaroid photography, and keeping her coffee game strong.