Kim Bernice Nguyen was elected to the Garden Grove City Council on November 8, 2016.  She is the first Garden Grove City Council Member of Latino descent. She’s half Latino and half Vietnamese. In a recent LA Times article, she is described as:

“Erudite and enthusiastic, Nguyen is fluent in Spanish and is bettering her Vietnamese. She enjoys quesabirria tacos at La Super Birria in Santa Ana as well as a bowl of pho from Pho 79 in Garden Grove.

It’s all part of her biracial upbringing, an identity she brands as “Vietxican,” because “Mexicanese” wouldn’t be as precise.

Councilwoman Nguyen has called Garden Grove home since the age of ten. In 2013, she graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz with a degree in politics and a minor in legal studies. She is the first in her family to graduate high school and receive a college degree. She currently works as a Senior Compliance Analyst for a health plan. Prior to that, she worked for state Senator Lou Correa. In October 2020, Governor Newsom appointed Council Member Nguyen to the California Film Commission.

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