<commit_before>---
title:  "Teaching in Vietnam"
date:   2017-04-15
tags:
- photography
- teaching
- nonprofit
---

I'm passionate about technology and education. I spent a few years working for the non-profit ["Education for The Poor"](http://www.educationforthepoor.org)(EFTP) while completing my B.A. in Business Economics at the [University of California, Irvine](http://uci.edu/about/index.php). While volunteering for EFTP, I focused my energy on expanding EFTP's community of volunteers and spent my summers teaching English in Vietnam.

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What started selfishly as a way to travel the world and photograph the beauty of the Vietnamese countryside transformed me. Not only was I making a direct impact on my student's future well being through education - I was also sharing my culture with them in a way that so many people around the world are not fortunate enough to have the luxury of experiencing. EFTP's students welcomed me as a foreigner with open arms and immersed me in their culture and widened my perspective in a way that was unexpected.  The ability to make a positive lasting impact in someone's life is more rewarding than any paycheck.  This is what motivates me, the ability to make a tangible different in someone's life - be it through working on a collaborative team at work or improving the experience of customers for the product I'm supporting.  I'm passionate about every project I work on!

#### If you are interested in learning more about my experience teaching, eating and living abroad in Vietnam take a look at my [photoblog](http://veranoenvietnam.blogspot.com)!<commit_msg>updating format<commit_after>---
title:  "Teaching in Vietnam"
date:   2017-04-15
tags:
- photography
- teaching
- nonprofit
---

I'm passionate about technology and education. I spent a few years working for the non-profit ["Education for The Poor"](http://www.educationforthepoor.org)(EFTP) while completing my B.A. in Business Economics at the [University of California, Irvine](http://uci.edu/about/index.php). While volunteering for EFTP, I focused my energy on expanding EFTP's community of volunteers and spent my summers teaching English in Vietnam.

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What started selfishly as a way to travel the world and photograph the beauty of the Vietnamese countryside transformed me. Not only was I making a direct impact on my student's future well being through education - I was also sharing my culture with them in a way that so many people around the world are not fortunate enough to have the luxury of experiencing. EFTP's students welcomed me as a foreigner with open arms and immersed me in their culture and widened my perspective in a way that was unexpected.  The ability to make a positive lasting impact in someone's life is more rewarding than any paycheck.  This is what motivates me, the ability to make a tangible different in someone's life - be it through working on a collaborative team at work or improving the experience of customers for the product I'm supporting.  I'm passionate about every project I work on!

#### If you are interested in learning more about my experience teaching, eating and living abroad in Vietnam take a look at my [photoblog](http://veranoenvietnam.blogspot.com)!
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