Returning to Childhood Passions to Find Happiness & Help Others with Thúy Uong, Business Owner and Swing Dancer

Thúy Uong has loved bringing people together through the power of music since she was a child (so much so that she used to practice playing piano by drawing the keys on pillows!). She grew up in a time where Vietnam was dark and quiet, but MTV music videos of the 90's brought Thuy a sense of hope for her future.

In 2018, she quit her comfortable 9-5 job to pursue her passions full time, and it has forever changed the course of her life. Tune in to learn how and why she fell in love with jazz and swing dancing, why dancing and community is good for your mental health, and all about her new grocery store business that is going to change the game (in a good way!) for small businesses in Vietnam.

With an expansive career as one of the digerati since Vietnam caught the 1st wind of globalization in 2006, Thúy has been busy building online communities, monetizing contents, managing media budgets and selling programmatic media under some of the biggest names in Vietnam internet industry. Most recently, Thuy has joined in the retail tech game as a co-founder of Tạp Hóa Cam, a route-to-market set of solutions for brands and business model for merchants at traditional mom and pop stores channel.

When not working, Thuy enjoys social swing dancing in her Saigon Swing Cats, the longest running Swing Dance club in Vietnam and travels to dance her way around the globe with the world wide Lindy Hop community. Sometimes Thuy organizes fun dance workshops, special jazz concerts or weekend-long dance festivals to spread joy and share her passion for this vintage art form to more happy souls and happy feet.

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