From One Yes to Thousands: Changing the Game for Vietnamese Students
How one high schooler's leap became a launchpad for others.
📘 Educator Spotlight: Kelly Tran
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The email list started with schools beginning with the letter A.
One by one, from her bedroom in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 16-year-old Kelly Tran sent cold pitches to 200 US boarding schools, asking for something she could barely articulate but desperately needed: a way out.
She had no money. Her English was minimal. She had no college counselor, no insider guide—just a laptop, a spreadsheet, and sheer determination.
Most schools didn’t respond. Some said no. But one said yes.
That yes came toward the end of the list—Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Georgia—and it changed her life.
🚀 Founder of Project X and Pathly
Today, Kelly Tran is an educator not by certification, but by conviction. As the founder of Project X and Pathly, she’s helping thousands of Vietnamese students chart bold, international futures—applying to US colleges and landing tech internships. Her work isn’t about prestige. It’s about possibility.
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