Quyen Nguyen is the Development Officer. She is accountable for individual fundraising and aligning efforts for multiple development programs and initiatives for Fulbright University Vietnam.
Quyen has long had a great passion for the environment and female empowerment. Since she was a teenager, she has been actively involved in environmental research projects. Quyen once represented Vietnam with the project “Preparation for Arsenic Pollution Treating Material from Red Mud Waste in Alumina Producing at Chemical Factory in Vietnam” to participate in the Sustainable World Project Olympiad 2009 and won a gold medal among 452 projects from 72 countries, held in Houston, USA.
One of the earlier topics in which she was involved in research on the situation was “Air Pollution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Associated with Particulate Matter in Atmospheric Environment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam” which was awarded a bronze medal at the 16th International Environment Project Olympiad, out of 41 participating countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Her passion to support the community prompted her to work on a variety of social impact projects in the recent decade. She has been the co-founder of Paid Hugs project since 2014 and a member of the management board of social enterprise She Will Be Strong since 2019. Joining Fulbright, she wishes to contribute to the development of a not-for-profit university in Vietnam and realize the school’s mission in building the next generation of change-makers in Vietnam, for Vietnam.
As an MBA graduate from RMIT University and an alumna of the Luxury Product Management program at ISC Business School Paris, Quyen’s expertise is in business development, luxury management, and partnership for diverse industries including education, insurance, technology, fashion, hospitality, and start-ups.
She enjoys working as a team, doing yoga, and sharing quality conversations while having vegetarian food.
