My name is Loan; it’s a Vietnamese name (I pronounce my name Low-wen).

I grew up in Kearney, Nebraska. My parents adopted me from an orphanage in Vietnam. I am told the plane I was on may have been the last plane out of Saigon; whether this is true remains to be seen; however, it makes for an exciting story. I met my husband in Kearney while working at Cabela’s, and we moved to Dallas, Texas, where his first job took us after he graduated from UNK.

While in Dallas, I worked full-time, attended the University of Texas Dallas, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. I took some graduate economics courses at Southern Methodist University (SMU). I worked for a company that specialized in providing risk management, marketing, and supplier data on companies. I started as an administrative assistant and was promoted to customer support representative. Then, I earned a sales territory that comprised North Dallas, Louisiana, and Northern Arkansas. My husband was promoted, and we moved back to Nebraska, where we proudly bought a house in Papillion, Nebraska.

I had various corporate positions in the Omaha metro area before we decided to start a family. My husband and I are blessed with two perfect children. My daughter is a CPA in Colorado and works for an international construction firm in Denver; my son is working on his degree at a university in Kirksville, Missouri. Since we are “empty nesters,” our attention and affection are channeled to our little dogs.