Lisa Nguyen

So Thi Nguyen was born in Tan An, Vietnam as the middle child of seven children. She married Thuong Nguyen at 21 years old and had her first son at age 22. Along with Thuong’s relatives, the family fled the Vietnam War by boat. After days at sea, the group purposefully crashed their boat into a Japanese fishing boat and were brought to Japan as war refugees. So Thi gave birth to her second son in Japan. The family was soon sponsored by an American family and brought to California. The family made their way to Los Angeles, CA where So Thi gave birth to two more sons and one daughter. She worked hard all her life and enjoyed three years of retirement. She was known for her incredible cooking skills and for her kindness to others. So Thi Nguyen is survived by her husband, four sons, one daughter, and three grandchildren.