Linh Tran

California Young Women's Collaborative

Linh is a 24 year-old Vietnamese-American woman born in Orange County, California. After graduating from San Francisco State University in 2005, Linh went on to become a project researcher for the CA Young Women's Collaborative (CYWC) where she's been working since January 2006.

In her role with CYWC , she has helped to create a research proposal, survey, and study on how sex as a taboo can affect contraception use among Chinese and Filipino college women. Linh also participated in a joint art piece called, "Reproductive Health In Your Eyes."

 

Finding Unity Through Our Differences

A young, Vietnamese-American woman shares how her community's cultural stigma around sex and reproductive health propelled her towards action; working to create awareness of the health challenges facing young Asian and Pacific Islander women today, through the California Young Women's Collaboration.