[1] Where she was airlifted with her family to Camp Pendleton where they lived in a tent city shelter and were provided support, for several months before being resettled.

[2][3] Her family later opened a doughnut shop in Glendale, California, where Nguyen worked everyday after school and the weekends to help her parents.

[2] From 1995 until August 2002, Nguyen served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California a federal trial court.

[1] In her final years in the U.S. Attorney's office, Nguyen also held the role of Deputy Chief of the General Crimes division, and trained new prosecutors in the Central District.

[5] On September 22, 2011, President Obama nominated Nguyen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

[17] On September 3, 2015, Nguyen granted relief to Edin Avendano-Hernandez, a transgender Mexican, because she showed adequate proof that she would likely face torture if deported back to Mexico.

[20] On September 23, 2021, Nguyen reversed a ruling by District Judge David O. Carter that would have required Los Angeles to provide housing for the homeless on Skid Row.