Marc Nguyen is half Vietnamese, half Mexican, born in California, and spent his teenage years in Italy. Throughout his younger years he felt a sense of incompleteness due to the Vietnamese side of his culture being somewhat of a mystery. He felt compelled to learn to speak the language and get answers to the questions he had, and so came to Vietnam as an NGO volunteer in 2013. 

Marc is also a professional Latin dancer and choreographer and is passionate about bringing Salsa and Bachata to anyone willing to learn in Saigon. He is currently training a team for the Saigon Latin Cup--a night of dance competition, social dancing, and delicious Latin American and Caribbean food!

In this episode, we discuss how he finds a sense of belonging in the midst of multiple cultures colliding, his Latin dance journey, and how he thought a broken collarbone would be the end of everything, but was actually the start of something new and better.

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Connect with Marc Nguyen:

Tickets to the Saigon Latin Cup: https://www.facebook.com/events/428065188486901

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcthelatindancer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marc.rojo.nguyen/?hl=en

Also mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/thaodienecowellness

Get in touch with Tue-Si:

Website: https://tuesi.carrd.co/

Get in touch with Dana Drahos:

Website: https://danadrahos.carrd.co/

Get in touch with Nicolas Thanh:

Website: https://nicolasthanh.com/

Episode Cover Photo Credit & Shirt by Dynasty the Label https://www.facebook.com/dynastythelabel (our previous guest Kimmie, check out her episode here!: https://anchor.fm/creatorsinsaigon/episodes/Kimmie-Berhanu--Founder-of-Dynasty-the-Label--on-Identity-and-Ethical-Fashion-eq269u/a-a4im1ir)