
September 17, 2014
Thank You Alexandra, Ana, Kelly, and Nashely
I want to thank Alexandra Hoang, Kelly Trinh, Ana Rivas, and Nashely Ruiz for their constant support with the writing of Realizing a Vision, Your Tool Kit for Success.


Their review and totally honest feedback has been a greatly appreciated. They also served as members of the Girls’ C.E.O. Connection Young Ambassadors. From managing the content of our social media platforms to conducting video interviews of accomplished female entrepreneurs these four young women have been indispensable. Alexandra, Ana,Kelly, and Nashely were the ones being interviewed. Thank you again ladies and I hope you will be part of our final editing process.


Getting Together to Share about the Realizing a Vision Conferences, Joining the Young Ambassadors, along with Teen and Women Entrepreneurs as Role Models.
We met in Ontario CA to talk about how the girls got involved with the Girls’ C.E.O. Connection Young Ambassadors, entrepreneurs in their high schools, and the influence of women in business. The video pretty much says it all in a nutshell. One disclosure: the discussion was much like you see on The View television show-unscripted and unrehearsed.
Unfortunately not all the members could join us. Nashely was on her way back to college and Ana was unavailable.



Ana Cristell Rivas–A friend of Girls’ C.E.O. Connection since the first Realizing a Vision conference, November 1, 2008.

Ana came to the first Realizing a Vision conference when she was 14 years old. She lives in Los Angeles’ Echo Park area and attends the Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles (fashion magnet). Like some of our other team members Ana attended the Academy of Business Leadership after her freshman year of high school. Ana loves fashion and the business of fashion. Her career choice is to be a traveling photo journalist.
The Young Ambassador’s Team provides essential feedback during the wrap up session of the planning of the future Realizing a Vision conferences. The team advices on ways to market to their peers and makes suggestions on what to have on our blog and Facebook Pages. We are adding new team members as we move forward.
The 2010-2011 members are Alexandra Hoang, Kelly Trinh, Nashely Ruiz, and Vivian Duong. PLUS the return of Ana Cristell Rivas and the addition of Tammy Nguyen.

Alexandra Hoang is a high school junior from Fountain Valley, California. She is Co-President for KIWIN’S, a community service based club at her school, a member of the Pink Ribbon club, a player on the school’s Junior Varsity tennis team, and a graduate of the Academy of Business Leadership’s Summer Business Institute and Building Outstanding Leaders Today Program. In her spare time, Alexandra enjoys listening to music and watching E News and Grey’s Anatomy. She is inspired by the positive and beautiful things in the world so she aspires to travel a lot in the future. Alexandra has been on the Girls’ C.E.O. Connection Young Ambassador team since 2009.

Kelly Trinh is a high school junior from Westminster, California. She has been a Young Ambassador since winter of 2009 and is also a graduate of the Academy of Business Leadership’s Summer Business Institute and Building Outstanding Leaders Today Program. Outside of school she enjoys reading, writing, practicing the violin, and reading articles online.

Nashley Ruiz is currently a sophomore at University of San Francisco and is also a graduate of the Academy of Business Leadership’s Summer Business Institute. She has been on the council since 2009. Nashley joined because of her passion for helping people, education, and kids. At seventeen years old, she founded People Education People on Poverty Awareness (Peppa), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing necessary resources for children to attend school while simultaneously raising awareness on poverty.

Vivian Duong is a sophomore at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island but was born and raised in California. She has been on the Teen Advisory Board since the summer of 2010 and she graduated from the Academy of Business Leadership’s Summer Business Institute and Building Outstanding Leaders Today Program. Her favorite part about being involved with is meeting many successful women who want to inspire young girls. She enjoys running, volunteering, looking at cute furry animals, procrastinating, and smelling nice scents such as those found at Bath & Body Works stores.

Tammy Nguyen is from Westminster, California and a sophomore in high school. Just as her friends Alexandra and Kelly, Tammy is active in her school clubs and extracurricular activities. For the 2011/2012 school year she is Secretary and Competition Committee Co-Chair for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) in her school. Tammy is also Interact Club’s co-president along with many other school programs. One of her personal goals is to become a true renaissance woman.
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