Lost and Found Sound: The Stories

Tales from Vietnamese Nail shops in America
Produced by The Kitchen Sisters, Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson with Laura Folger

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Selection of Painted Nail Designs Photo by Laura Folger

Student practicing on single nails at the Hayward Beauty College. Photo by Laura Folger

Helene holds her Manicuists graduation diploma. Photo by Laura Folger

Credits and Contributors

Nail Salons
JT Nails Salon, SF. CA
Shirley Nguyen
Tina Truong
Jackie Le

Fancy Nails, Berkeley,CA
Betty Ha
May An Quang
Boi Ha
Tina Nguyen

Cole Valley Nails ,CA
Diane Dinh

Beauty Colleges
Hilltop Beauty School, Daly City
Tina Perry
Leonette Motta
Maria Elena Alvarado
Hien Hong
Nancy DeGroat
Evergreen Beauty College, San Jose
Sophia Tran
Nhung Tran
Lan Xuan Thi Truong
Hayward Beauty College, Hayward
Alan Cox
Helene Luc Tran
Mrs. Nu
Mrs.Chu La

Special Acknowledgements
Ellen Sebastian Chang
Flawn Williams, NPR Engineer
Chris Tsakis, NPR New York Bureau Engineer
Janet Dang, Asian Week www.asianweek.com

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