Hello,

My name is Thanh Nguyen.  I have been teaching at Carpenter for 12 years.  When I was young I always wanted to be a teacher and a doctor because I always enjoyed helping others mentally and physically.  I went to Saint Xavier Univeristy in Chicago for my undergraduate.  After my graduation, I went on to pursue my graduate studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.  After that I became a missionary and worked in Cambodia.  I returned back to the United States in 2006 and worked at Methodist Medical City in Dallas for a year and went back to school and got a masters in teaching at Texas Woman's university.

I also teach Sunday school at my church and enjoy helping out in my community as needed.  I have two beatiful daughters.  Emma is a fifth grader and Sophis is a first grader this year.  

I look forward to meeting and teaching my new incoming sixth graders every day.  I cannot wait to meet and get to know each and everyone of my group of sixth graders this year.