GROSSMONT COLLEGE–Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is a long way from Grossmont’s printing department. Yet Holly Phan’s life-journey has taken her from one to the other.
Born in Saigon as Holly Doan, Phan immigrated to the United States as a 17-year-old with her father, mother and brother in 1992, graduated from Hoover High School in San Diego, then went to Grossmont and thereafter to SDSU.
Her father, a former captain in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, was among many Vietnamese allies who accepted an offer from the U.S. government to come live in the United States.
In 2000, Phan received her B.S. in Computer Science and then, in 2001, accepted a job in Grossmont’s printing department. She was promoted in 2006, and then was made acting supervisor in 2007. This year, she was officially named supervisor of the printing department.
She married her husband, Isaiah Phan, in 2001, and they have two daughters, 7-year-old Desiree and 17-month-old Daisey.
Among the challenges that Phan sees in her role as printing supervisor is to navigate the budget-cuts. “With current and potential future budget cuts, this will be the biggest challenge for me I believe that, together as a team, we can manage to work with the college, faculty and staff to maintain excellent services and keep in sync with the vision of the college.”
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Lindquist is Managing Editor of the GC Summit; email him at [email protected]
