Leadership Is Choosing to Serve 领导力就是选择服务
Leadership Is Choosing to Serve: A Message to Our Future Leaders By Mingchu Pearl Huynh, 4/23/2026 Recently, I had the honor of speaking with high school and doctoral students at the Leadership Academy program at Kensington Health Science Academy. As I looked out at the audience, I didn’t just see students—I saw future leaders, problem-solvers, and changemakers. I want to share the message I gave them with our broader community, because leadership is not a title reserved for a select few. It is a choice we make every single day. From Refugee to Community Advocate My name is Mingchu Pearl Huynh. I arrived in the United States in 1980 as a Vietnamese boat refugee. I was just a teenager, starting over in a new country, navigating a new language, and learning how to build a life from the ground up. Like many immigrants, I began with very little. Through public education, self-learning, and persistence, I built a career as a software developer and later became a real estate in...
