I began my career as a Refraction Technician, spending years in clinical settings dedicated to restoring clear vision for individual patients. However, witnessing firsthand how many people remain in darkness simply due to a lack of access to basic eye care, I realized that sitting at a diagnostic table limited the scale of help I could provide.

I began my career as a Refraction Technician, spending years in clinical settings dedicated to restoring clear vision for individual patients. However, witnessing firsthand how many people remain in darkness simply due to a lack of access to basic eye care, I realized that sitting at a diagnostic table limited the scale of help I could provide. This deep-seated desire to bring light to a greater number of people drove me to transition from the clinic to community eye care.

With a strong clinical foundation trained at Aravind Eye Hospital (India), I have applied my technical expertise to managing and operating large-scale projects. Instead of prescribing glasses for one person at a time, I now coordinate strategic initiatives like School Eye Health and Low Vision Capacity Building at Orbis International, establishing sustainable care networks for entire regions.

Throughout my journey, I have led over 100 community eye camps, providing essential services to approximately 10,000 patients of all ages. For me, moving from the exam room to the community is not about leaving my profession behind—it is about leveraging that expertise to create broader, more impactful changes in the fight against avoidable blindness in Vietnam.