Nguyen Ngoc Bao, was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, but grew up in the South and graduated from Chu Van An high school in 1971. From 1971 to 1972 he attended the University of Saigon, College of Law. As the Vietnam War reached its peak, he joined the South Vietnam army in 1972 for two years and served as a second lieutenant.

In 1974 he attended the National Public Administration Institute. After 1975, Mr. Nguyen and his family escaped the communist and relocated in Houston, Texas. He managed to work full-time and to go to school at the same time and graduated Magna-Cum-Laude from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Nguyen currently works as the Senior Engineer at Jacobs Sverdrup Corporation, Houston, Texas. He has twenty years of experience in engineering support for NASA/Johnson Space Center, Structures and Mechanics Division.

He is the founder of the Vietnamese Culture and Science Association (VCSA), and served as its first President from 1990 to 1998 and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1998 to 2005. He is currently an advisor for the VCSA and for the Sunflower Mission, an organization that commits to improve the lives of the people in Vietnam through educational assistance programs.

Mr. Nguyen has also been teaching Marriage Preparation Classes and Strengthening Marriage and Relationships courses for the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston for 25 years. He has a very strong interest in Vietnamese literature and a strong commitment to help the Vietnamese youth to preserve and develop their cultural heritage. His specialty includes Vietnamese literature during the 19th century, especially the “Kim Van Kieu” masterpiece. He has been a visiting instructor in Vietnamese literature at the University of Houston, University Park for the last two years.