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Monique Brinson Demery
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Monique Brinson Demery

How to pronounce Monique Brinson Demery: Moe-NEEK BRIN-son DEM-ery

Monique Brinson Demery Biography

Monique Brinson Demery took her first trip to Vietnam in 1997 as part of a study abroad program with Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She was the recipient of a US Department of Education grant to attend the Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute in Hanoi, and in 2003, she received a Master's degree in East Asia Regional Studies from Harvard University.

Demery's initial interviews with Madame Nhu in 2005 were the first Nhu had given to any Westerner in nearly twenty years. Demery lives in Chicago.



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