OUR TEAM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nancy Nguyen, Founder & PResident
Nancy Nguyen’s faith is the driving force for serving and living among the rural villages and tribal regions in Vietnam and China. For the past 20 years, she has founded and led numerous non-profit organizations in rural Vietnam and China. She was the Executive Director of a foundation for eight years before starting Agape Fish Fund. She developed program management, rural community development experience, and long-term partnerships with grassroots NGOs in East Asia, which aids her work in mobilizing partnerships to develop the non-profit sector in third world East Asia. Nancy studied Biology and History with a concentration in East Asia at Stanford University.
Reverend Thu & Hanh Nguyen, Canada chairman
Pastor Thu and his wife Hanh have been missionaries for over 20 years in Cambodia and Taiwan. They have retired from the C&MA in Canada, Vietnamese Diaspora Outreach Ministry. They served to help needy Vietnamese families in Cambodia for 9 years from 1998 to 2006. They have been called during recent years to minister to the large Vietnamese laborers, prisoners, and brides population in Taiwan. Vietnamese Diaspora Outreach Ministry in Taiwan started in 2007-2018 to serve over 100 Vietnamese inmates through gospel sharing, discipleship, and theological leadership training. Pastor Thu and his wife Hanh will retire soon and are currently serving as Agape Fish Advisors with their wealth of mission experience in Cambodia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Daniel Nguyen, Secretary
Daniel Nguyen is a dentist who graduated from UCSF Dental School and Stanford University with a BS in Biological Sciences. Daniel has participated in numerous humanitarian projects and performed research studies across third world countries in Africa, China, and Vietnam. His goal is to use his career as a dentist and photographer to serve the underserved across the world.
Gary Wong, Treasurer
Gary Wong is a Senior Auditor at Stanford University’s Office of Audit, Compliance, and Privacy. Gary holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics & Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Gary has volunteered with Agape Fish's high school service mentorship program since 2010. He is active in his church and is passionate about social justice.
OFFICERS
Pastor Nick & HA ngo, vietnam ONsite coordinator
Onsite Coordinator in Vietnam of the Agape Fish Fund (Canada Branch)
Volunteer pastor at Langley Vietnamese Alliance church, Canada for 9 years. Has been involved with several compassionate projects in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam for more than 9 years since 2011. Serving in Vietnam as part of the Global Alliance Professional with the Alliance Canada. He is currently the Christian worship music teacher at the Bible school of Tin Lanh – North VN.
Volunteer pastor at Langley Vietnamese Alliance church, Canada for 9 years. Has been involved with several compassionate projects in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam for more than 9 years since 2011. Serving in Vietnam as part of the Global Alliance Professional with the Alliance Canada. He is currently the Christian worship music teacher at the Bible school of Tin Lanh – North VN.
Pastor bao & Thuy Nguyen, prayer & visitation
Pastor Bao and Thuy Nguyen serve at Westminster Vietnamese Alliance Church. Their evangelism ministry started in 1983. They have trained 11 classes of Evangelism Explosion since 2005 with more than 90 witnesses graduating. Twice each month they go door to door (one week of visitation, one week of evangelism) with an average of two to five believers. Every year there are more than 50 believers with 20% continuing to stand in the faith. They have been performing annual field visitations and prayer visits for Agape Fish for the past fifteen years. They also have referred many of the ministries we partner with whose leaders are their trusted friends and fellow pastors.
ALUMNI
Thank you to our past staff and interns who have dedicated their lives to serve at Agape Fish. We are indebted to your service and friendship.
Carolyn Embuscado, Communications Manager
Carolyn Embuscado has a heart to bless others and enjoys using communication skills to do so. She majored in English at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. She then spent six years serving in China, as the Rights and Projects Manager at a Christian book publishing company. Carolyn is a credentialed life coach and is also a content development consultant for a creative marketing agency. Through her experience in working with various partnering organizations, she’s been a bridge between Asia and America. Carolyn is grateful to be a part of the Agape Fish community from her home base in Maryland.
Dr. Steve KO, Volunteer & Internship manager
Dr. Steve Ko served as our Volunteer & Internship Manager. Dr. Ko was born in South Korea, grew up in North Carolina, and completed his undergraduate studies and medical school at Stanford. During medical school, he lived in the neighboring city of East Palo Alto, witnessing first-hand how social determinants affected the health of a community and its people – an experience that led him into family medicine. He subsequently completed his residency and fellowship at JPS Health Network, a county hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He has special interest in practicing and teaching full-spectrum family medicine, including operative obstetrics, inpatient and outpatient procedures, and POCUS. He dreams of using family medicine as a vehicle for addressing healthcare disparities both domestically and abroad.
