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Thuy is an entrepreneur, journalist, company advisor and board member with a passion for creating economic and educational access for all. She's co-founder and CEO of the Global Mentor Network - a mission-driven company providing insights from the transformational leaders of today to build the transformational leaders of tomorrow, enabling mentorship at scale and democratizing access to leadership development. Prior to GMN, she spent two decades as a television news reporter and anchor. Among her many journalism honors are 7 Emmys and a prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for in-depth journalism. The Bay Area News Group named her one of Northern California's "Most Inspiring Women." The California State Legislature honored her with an Excellence in Journalism award, commending Thuy for "her exemplary record of professional and civic achievement." A refugee from Vietnam, Thuy fled her homeland on a boat and lived in two refugee camps before resettling in Duluth, Minnesota with her family. She arrived in America not knowing a word of English, yet went on to become the first Vietnamese American news broadcaster in a Top 10 U.S. market. She has covered everything from presidential elections to natural disasters to economic crises. As a frequent public speaker, Thuy has been interviewed by major media outlets such as the New York Times, CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle in addition to speaking engagements at major companies like Salesforce, Clorox, DocuSign, Chevron and TPG. Following stints as an anchor and reporter at ABC and CBS stations as well as NPR, she played a key role in launching "KQED Newsroom," an in-depth current affairs show on one of the nation's largest public media stations. Thuy served as founding anchor and moderator of the Emmy award-winning program. She is a board member at The RealReal public company, serving as chairwoman of The RealReal Foundation. Thuy has also been an Advisor at DocuSign and was a longtime board member at the Asian Pacific Fund, a community foundation serving the most vulnerable Asian Americans. She has been recognized with a Community Leadership Award from the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. The group's previous honorees include legendary architect I.M. Pei, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. Her immigration story is a featured audio-visual exhibit at the Angel Island Immigration Museum in the San Francisco Bay Area. For interview requests or to book Thuy as a speaker/moderator, you can message her directly on LinkedIn.