Finding Tranquility

Produced by: Kai Nguyen
Coaches: Adriana Teresa LetorneyMichael Rubenstein

Huyen Pham renounced the world at 14 to become a Buddhist nun in Vietnam, dismaying her parents by going against their ambitions for her, even though in their culture, nuns are considered equal to monks. Today, Pham lives and serves at the Ngoc Duyen temple in Syracuse, where she is a community leader and spiritual guide. “It was my destiny.”