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JIMMY
NGUYEN
The former student now works for the
college, creating semester schedules.
BY NASHE HARLEY / el Don
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Alessandra Gonzalez
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NEWS
“I could never
be an accountant. I could
not sit at my
desk for nine
hours a day,”
FACULTY ADVISER
Professor C.W. Little Jr.
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Allene Symons
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immy Nguyen has spent and artwork painted by the
a lot of his life at Santa
dean’s son.
Ana College.
Going from working
First enrolling at SAC
19 hours a week to 40,
as a teenager, the alumnus
Nguyen spends his days
has been working on camassisting Interim Dean Eve
pus for 11 years. Promoted
Kikawa with daily tasks like
to full-time last fall, the
approving curriculum and
administrative secretary for
attending meetings. Larger
the fine and performing
projects like planning class
arts division doesn’t mind
schedules is a complicated
the bigger commitment
and time consuming probecause he loves getting to
cess that keeps him busy
interact with people.
year-round.
“I could never be an
His current schedule is full
accountant. I could not sit
— with work, supporting his
at my desk for nine hours a
parents and taking online
day,” said Nguyen, whose
courses for a BA at CSU
own desk space is adorned
Dominguez Hills. A proud
with student sculptures
gay man, he is a trained rep-
resentative for Safe Space
and hopes to co-chair some
of the campus’s LGBT clubs
when he has more time.
When he gets a break from
education, Nguyen spends
his free time watching movies and bowling in a league,
where he holds a 180 average. An animal lover, he and
his partner have a Corgi and
donate monthly to rescue
dog operations. One day
he hopes to travel to Paris,
return to his native Vietnam
and perhaps Africa.
“I want to go somewhere
where I can come back to
California and appreciate my
life more,” Nguyen said.
– Katie Porter contributed to this story
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SAC alumnus and
celebrated painter
Emigdio Vasquez, whose
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