Ylan Q Mui

Thirty years ago, my family fled their home in war-torn Vietnam to start a new life in New Orleans: kids, a home in the suburbs, a successful business. Then Hurricane Katrina washed it all away. A first-person account of my parents’ struggle to rebuild their lives — for the second time — and discover the true meaning of home.

ALSO: Read my take on the historic election of the first Vietnamese-American to Congress.

In Vietnam, an American student confronts the ugliness of one war and prepares for what she could lose in another.

What happens at a high school where everybody is a minority?

My take on the historic election of the first Vietnamese-American to Congress and what it means for the Vietnamese community in New Orleans.