My name is Trung Jonathan Nguyen, I usually go by my middle name Jonathan just because it is easier to pronounce. I have four younger sisters and a little brother that is on his way, which makes me the oldest sibling. I am the first one in my family to go to college, and the first generation Asian American. My ethnicity is Vietnamese and I was born in Denver, CO on October 13, 1994. When I was a year old, my parents decided to move to Little Rock, AR to be closer to my relatives. From that point on and throughout my middle school days, I have lived in five different cities, Boston, MA, Dallas, TX, Portland, OR, San Antonio, TX, and Houston, TX. The reason was because my parents were newly divorced so I had to constantly go back and forth to
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I spent four years at Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, TX, which took me by surprise because that was the longest I have ever attended one school. That was the only city I felt like I was home just because I lived there for so long. During my senior year I was finally forced to decide what I wanted to do with my life after I graduated. I always thought that the eyes were fascinating and I could imagine myself being an optometrist owning my own practice. I also thought about being a Pharmacist because a lot of my relatives were in that profession. With a lot of planning, I decided to apply to University of Houston because that was the school that had both Optometry and Pharmacy School. Since I was ranked in the top ten percentile, I was automatically admitted to the University. The hard part was leaving my family and city that I just got comfortable living in. Luckily I had relatives in Houston so I was not completely alone over there, but it did mean that I had to live on my own because none of them live near campus. I was confident enough to live on my own, even though I was just 18 years old, because I felt like I had been independent mentally and emotionally ever since my parents were divorced. My parents also had faith in me because they knew I could take care of myself, and of course they were going to be there to support me
I spent four years at Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, TX, which took me by surprise because that was the longest I have ever attended one school. That was the only city I felt like I was home just because I lived there for so long. During my senior year I was finally forced to decide what I wanted to do with my life after I graduated. I always thought that the eyes were fascinating and I could imagine myself being an optometrist owning my own practice. I also thought about being a Pharmacist because a lot of my relatives were in that profession. With a lot of planning, I decided to apply to University of Houston because that was the school that had both Optometry and Pharmacy School. Since I was ranked in the top ten percentile, I was automatically admitted to the University. The hard part was leaving my family and city that I just got comfortable living in. Luckily I had relatives in Houston so I was not completely alone over there, but it did mean that I had to live on my own because none of them live near campus. I was confident enough to live on my own, even though I was just 18 years old, because I felt like I had been independent mentally and emotionally ever since my parents were divorced. My parents also had faith in me because they knew I could take care of myself, and of course they were going to be there to support me