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Reclaiming my cultural heritage comes to me like a continuously evolving piece of fabric. It comes in fragmented threads through food, superstitions, movies, and oral stories passed down to me. As the historian of my own family’s narrative, I trace these threads as far back as I can and act as weaver, storyteller, maker, and healer to uncover the past. As a child of a diaspora, detached yet longing for connection to what came before me, I call upon the wisdom of my ancestors to remember, survive, and sustain. I create a visual library for a future descendant to encounter.
Cindy Anh Thư Nguyễn is an environmental educator and artist. She is a second-gen Vietnamese American born and raised on Karankawa, Atakapa, and Bidais land (Houston, Texas). Cindy graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in Studio Art and Psychology. Her work takes the form of drawings, paintings, and collages that narrate her ongoing journey of reclaiming her connections to land, history, and heritage. As an educator, Cindy works to develop educational programs that bridge language barriers between youth and elders and bring healing and understanding within the Vietnamese American community.