Loi Tran immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 11 years old. He did not speak any English and as a result, he struggled in middle school. Loi recalls adapting to the environment quickly and graduating from high school in the top ten percentile of his class.
With only one parent supporting his entire family, including their grandmother, Loi’s financial resources are limited. His father works hard to support two children in college, but it is not enough.
Loi Tran is enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Degree Nursing program at the University of Maryland Baltimore. Upon completion, he will pursue a Master Nursing Degree through a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program. This will require two years working in an Intensive Care Unit in a hospital. Although Loi has a long road ahead of him, he is motivated by how far he has already come from his home country of Vietnam.
In addition to excelling academically, Loi gives back to his community through extracurricular clubs. Among those efforts, Loi volunteers with the Friends of Patapsco Valley River where he participates in stream clean-ups and planting trees to improve the environment.
“A scholarship will play an essential role in ensuring my success,” writes Loi. CSB was proud to award Loi, a truly well-rounded second-year recipient, with the Chesapeake Urology Associates Scholarship last year.
This entry was posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 6:39 am and is filed under Press Release. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
