Born and raised in HCMC Vietnam then graduated from University of California, Irvine and currently pursuing a Master in Bioinformatics at Northeastern University

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect when I first signed up for Vietnamese lessons online. I'd tried learning before and it never really stuck. But from the very first session with Lily, something was different.
Lily is fluent in English and that makes such a huge difference. She doesn't just teach you the words — she actually explains them. Like, why this phrase sounds natural versus why another one would make a native speaker raise an eyebrow. She breaks things down in a way that finally makes sense, and if something doesn't click, she finds three other ways to explain it until it does. That clarity is hard to find in a language teacher, especially online.
But what really kept me coming back is how she teaches Vietnamese the way people actually speak it. Not the textbook version. Real, colloquial, everyday conversation — the kind you'd use with family at the dinner table or catching up with friends. She taught me phrases I could immediately use, and honestly, nothing feels better than using your Vietnamese in a real conversation and having it land.