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With our 2019 end of year campaign underway, we need your support now more than ever. With the generous support of over thirty individuals, we've already raised over $60,000 since #GivingTuesday! But our work is not done.

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Below is an excerpt from 2016 OCA-Greater Houston Local Intern and Senior Development Manager Thu Nguyen, who spoke at the 2019 OCA Corporate Achievement Awards.

I started at Rice University thinking that the only way to pay it forward was through medicine. By the time I graduated, and with the knowledge, training, and support of my OCA family, I realized that I could give back to the world in other ways that I’m much better at. My parents fled a war-torn country looking for freedom and opportunity, only to find it hindered here by discrimination against their skin color and accents.

Today, I have the privilege of working to fight against this through my daily work. Not only have I been able to contribute to OCA’s mission by working here, but I’ve been granted opportunities made possible only by being affiliated with OCA.

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