Portfolio — Class of 2027
Writer, tutor, and performer — telling stories that move between two languages, and building communities that help others find their voice.
Hello, Xin chào
I'm Bella — a student at a New England boarding school who writes, tutors, dances, and photographs the world around her. This site gathers the work and the communities that matter most to me.
From my memoir
“It was a beautiful song, and I was the only one in the room who didn't know the lyrics.”
Writing.
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From a memoir about losing my words at a family celebration, to a feature on the students I've tutored in Huế, writing is how I make sense of the in-between. Here you'll find my creative work, my reporting for The Governor's Review — the journal I co-founded — and my John Locke Institute essay.
Leadership & Community.
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What began in eighth grade as one volunteer on a shaky video call is now a team of 15 tutors serving 200+ students in Vietnam, which I lead as Co-President of Tutors for a Cause. I also organized the regional Asian American Footsteps Conference for 200+ students from 20+ schools and direct our school's Special Olympics event — each a way of turning what I've been given into something I can pass on.
Performing Arts.
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After ten years of dance training I choreograph my own contemporary and lyrical pieces, I've played Amy in Little Women and Lisa in Mamma Mia!, and I sing with our Advanced Chorus and a cappella group. Each has taught me something different — trust in the people moving beside me, presence under the lights, and how to listen harder than I sing.
Photography.
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My AP Photography portfolio layers everyday moments with texture — smeared glass, paint, and light — to make photographs about memory, thresholds, and the quiet evidence people leave behind.