Who am I?

Xin chao! My name is Amanda Truong. I was born on July 20, 1999 in Middlemore hospital, Auckland. I am Vietnamese in case you could not tell by my greeting, and my Vietnamese name is “Trinh”. My family consists of 5 members including myself, my parents, and my 2 younger brothers- one whom is still in primary and the other who attends Auckland Uni. I have been back there 3 times, once as a child, the second with my high school tour group, and the most recently being at the end of last year where I got to meet a LOT of new relatives.This year I turned 20, which is still hard to believe. I will admit that I am alot more confident at this age than I was when I was younger. Some things that helped were pushing myself to be involved in performance classes such as drama, dance, Polyfest, and Moovit during my high school years. After high school I took a gap year to figure out what I wanted out of life before attending uni. Those chapters of my life helped me with becoming more confident in myself as a person and relating to others, however I must admit that I am still not the best performer or improviser, therefore hopefully this class will help me with that, as I know these skills are always useful and come in handy in nearly all aspects of life.