Jane Dung Nguyễn

Director of Operations and Language Teams

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.