Michael Nguyen

About Michael

• My family came to the United States as refugees from Vietnam—I’m the first of my siblings to be born in the U.S.
• Due to different hurdles in my education and home life, I didn’t do well in school and ended up dropping out of high school.
• When I decided to go to community college, it was a completely different experience—I was excited to choose my own classes and have more freedom in my own education.
• After a great experience with a professor in one of my psychology classes, I was inspired to major in psychology when I transferred to a university.
• I worked as a research assistant with The Imoyase Group to increase multicultural competency in healthcare across the state of California—the project sparked my interest in community and culture.
• A senior researcher inspired me to go to graduate school—I earned a master’s degree in counseling from Loyola Marymount University and a doctorate in educational psychology from Emory University.
• Along the way, I took on other projects and expanded my skills, experience, and passion for cross-cultural psychology.
• I currently work as the chief inclusion and innovation officer at Inclusive Insights and I also teach cross-cultural psychology in applied settings at the University of Southern California.