Jane Dung Nguyễn

East Asian Languages Team Lead

Jane was born in Vũng Tàu, Việt Nam, and immigrated to the US with her family in 1991. Her maternal grandfather is a refugee who had to flee his homeland due to his role as a translator for the CIA during the American war in Vietnam. As a heritage Vietnamese speaker living in the imperial core, Jane is determined to right the wrongs of her family's past by fighting for language justice. Jane spent the past 7+ years working in the tech industry, but made an exit after years of reckoning with having played a part in the societal harms caused + being caused by big tech. Jane joined Respond in July 2025 as a volunteer on the East Asian Languages team. While she initially joined as a Project Manager, she now leads the East Asian Languages team, with an aim of expanding the network of collaborators and partners in the Bay Area (unceded Ohlone land) and beyond.