Episode 14: Thi Minh Huyen Nguyen on women and Asian representation in running

Like many leaders, Nguyen Thi Minh Huyen was catapulted into activism by life. When she returned to Berlin in 2018, there were no running groups where she found Asians or other minorities. Huyen wanted to create the same energy and community that she experienced in New York City, and teamed up with ex-pat Daniel Medina to form WayvRunKollevtiv. Leadership has come with its ups and downs, a global pandemic and the rise of hate crimes against Asians. Today, Huyen opens up about growing up in Germany as the child of Vietnamese immigrants, how running helped her find her super power and her work with ichbinkeinvirus wocforward globalwomenruncollective. 

Editor's note: Nazis attacking a refugee home in 1992 in Rostock-Lichtenhagen, Germany and the two boys who were murdered by a racist arson attack were Nguyen Ngoc Chau and Do Anh Lan, this happened in 1980 at Halskestrasse near Hamburg. Huyen references the attack at the 25 minutes mark.