Leadership Spotlight - Von Tran
Von Tran, Founder and CEO of First Senior Center (FSC), has hidden herself from the “limelight” of Gwinnett County’s news and advertisements. Instead, Tran lets her hard work and successes speak for itself as she built her business from the ground up.
Von Tran and her family escaped Vietnam when she was 9 years old beneath the cover of nets in the bottom of a fishing boat. She spent a year and a half in refugee camps in Malaysia and the Philippines before arriving in Dallas, Texas and becoming a sponsored student at an all-girls Catholic school. Upon graduating from Trinity University with a Bachelor of Science, she moved to Atlanta in 1998. Her original career plan was to enter the medical field but instead began a career in real estate by flipping houses before transitioning into commercial real estate.
As her career flourished, Tran began to observe the generational disconnect between the elderly Vietnamese neighbors and their families and caregivers. Understanding the important nuances of Vietnamese culture, Tran fostered her love of service and decided to embark on her next adventure, opening the First Senior Center in 2017.
“I had always heard; you spend the first 50 years of your life on yourself – doing what you can to get yourself stable. The second 50 years is to serve others and make a difference, and I have the burning desire to do so. I am just trying to meet the needs of my community,” Tran said.
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