Live with intention.

Origins...

I'm a Colorado native and first-generation Vietnamese-American. Thanks to some weird genes, I look about ten years younger than I actually am. I've been an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) since 2012 and have been involved with a local nonprofit, Venturing Emergency Rescue Team, Crew 911 (branch of Boy Scouts) since my teen years. 

 My past and present have been rather jagged and painfully dreadful. I grew up in a rather dysfunctional family that led to divorce and constant verbal abuse through a child custody battle. To be honest, I had no childhood. I grew up as the eldest child so all the expectations of lost dreams and lost opportunities that my parents had were shoved into my face. Getting anything less than perfect scores was absolutely unsatisfactory. I had to interpret for my mother constantly. My father was....always unpleasant. On the bright side, my Vietnamese is better than most Vietnamese-American born. Though my literacy in it isn't that great--so karaoke is my friend in learning to read and spell the language. 



Growing up was hard. My family dumpster-dived and foraged for edible plants in order to get by because at the time there were limits to how many times you can go to a food bank. It's not easy for a single mother to care for two daughters. So kudos to my mother for her resilience in putting up with me.

 I was bullied in school, pushed into ditches, harassed by kids, got called a "fat Chinese girl," cornered by mean girls, and shoved into the pavement. I've wet and pooped my pants from fear.  Have had supposed friends who abandoned me in my times of need. Have had professors tell me that I would never amount to anything or that I should stop wasting everybody's time and just drop out of college. Falsely arrested and spent two weeks in jail by a corrupt judicial system. The military rejected me because I was fat. Yeah...

I dropped out of college eventually to work extra jobs to get my sister through school. In 2020, I worked 8 different jobs in order to support my mother, sister, and dogs. 



Nicknames:
Ninja, Panda, Yue Mai, Yuki, Killer B, Alu, SilverNight Commander

Birthday: 06/06

Race: Human (Elven Fairy in my dreams)

Certifications:
NREMT-EMT, AHA-BLS, AHA BLS Instructor, TCCC, Stop the Bleed Instructor, Colorado Notary Public, NBC-HWC

Education:
EMT @ RRCC
Wellness Coaching & Lifestyle Medicine Pathway @ MSU
Creative Expressions in Science & Wellness IDP @ MSU (in progress)

Special Common Abilities/Likes:
Taekwondo, creative writing, photography, martial arts, arts & crafts, animals, Anime, Chinese/Korean Drama, sleeping, daydreaming

NREMT EMS ID: 0625-7068-6055
Colorado EMS ID: 054637
Colorado Notary ID: 20214046337 

I currently have four dogs, Tobi, Momo, Yoshi, and Fuji. Two of my dogs actually saved my life in 2014 when I was about to commit suicide due to severe depression. Now they all keep me from falling off the edge and into the abyss. I also have chickens now too, to help me manage my inner demons. Do I still have depression? Absolutely. However, I am fighting it. I have also been diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteopenia, two benign tumors (let's keep them that way). Every time I survive an obstacle--I'm pretty certain that I've gained experience points that have leveled me up. 

I am in no way perfect, I am human. I have learned and still learning to accept and acknowledge the obstacles and hardships that I have faced and will continue to face.  These bad cards that I have been dealt are experiences that will help me become stronger.  A sort of yin-yang concept. In order to achieve that balance, you need both light and dark. To be successful you must first fail.


Keep surviving and level up you, 

Bonnie Tuyet Mai Nguyen
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The mission for this coaching business that I've started is really multi-tiered. One of which is to heal, grow, and reach a better version of myself. The other main goal is to really promote preventive/lifestyle medicine by helping people find their own solutions to becoming a better, healthier version of themselves. By doing this, I can help alleviate the amount of strain that is placed on the healthcare system constantly. 

I want to keep learning as much as I can in various holistic practices so that I can eventually share all that knowledge with as many people as I can. One day, I hope that my dojo can offer more holistic, wholesome, and fun practices with the community.  I want this dojo to be a place of inner training and learning for everyone alike.

Yes, that's me >

I was fortunate enough to do the graphics for the Korean Academy of Taekwondo fundraiser calendar. And I got to model for it also. I was a blue belt before I had to disappear. However, I plan on continuing my journey again and reach black belt and beyond.

Manifesting the Future

Certs In-Progress/Goals

Future Plans...

Tobi

Loves catching small spiky balls, chasing his tail, and howling at anything that squeaks. Will roll over and ask for belly rubs all the time.  Hates fireworks and will hide under the bed.

Momo

Has dumbo ears, loves all sort of foods, loves stuffies because he can eat the fur. Is an escape artist and will chew through leashes and scale fences. He can no longer be trusted unsupervised outsite. Hates thunders.

Yoshi

He thinks he's the boss. If not, then all love needs to be directed to him or he will give you the face. Loves to eat, sleep, wiggle his booty, lick your face, and crawl into your shirt. Loves to beg for food--known food thief. 

Fuji

Has a fruit bat face, sports the mullet--eats everything off the floor like a menace. Loves his zoomies and plays goalie really well. Likes sun-bathing and being naked--he will take off his own shirt and chew all the zippers off.

Gus Gus

He melts in your arms, but can be an absolute pain to my mother. Protects his ladies.

Midnight

Survivor of a raccoon attack. One-eyed hen who's still moving forward. Still lays eggs and recently hatched two lil chicklets!

Caramel

She's quite regal in her own right and does what she wants.

Oreo

Super sassy and struts her stuff. Talk about empowered.

Sky

Gus Gus & Midnight's kiddo. Eldest girl. Very bold and daring, will try to eat your fingers while whacking your face with her wings.

Lemon

Gus Gus & Midnight's kiddo. Youngest girl. Very curious and sneaky, escaped on multiple occasions. But gets captured every time.