A day in the life: Hong Hoang

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A Green and Clean Future

For 20 years, Hong Hoang has mobilized youth leaders to push for environmental preservation. After becoming the first Vietnamese person ever to visit Antarctica, she dedicated herself to educating and organizing young leaders in the effort for a greener world. As an Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University, she’s building on that legacy through academic, skills-based, and hands-on learning.

“ There’s no Planet B. Everything we do creates an impact, big or small. This is the only planet we have.”
–Hong Hoang

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Six women with light neutral skin and a man with light neutral skin sitting in rows while two women are interacting — Hong has devoted herself to tackling Vietnam’s most urgent issues, engaging communities to prevent climate change, pollution, and the illegal wildlife trade.

Three women, two neutral light tones, one medium brown tone walking and laughing — She founded [CHANGE](https://changevn.wordpress.com/our-work/350-vietnam) to further mobilize and organize local youth groups to speak up and take action to mitigate climate change.

A picture of a woman with a light neutral skin tone with a computer infront of her and Barack Obama on the screen on the side of her — After the one-year Scholars program, Hong will return to Vietnam and continue the work she’s started at Columbia University by implementing her own personalized action plan.

A diverse group of people sitting in a meeting for a group overview — "We're engaging youth, moms, artists by hosting fun workshops and community events to create a movement that everyone wants to be a part of." —Hong Hoang