Minh Hieu Vu is a 3L at the University of San Diego School of Law. Raised in East San Jose, she returned to her hometown after graduating from UC San Diego to teach elementary school. As an educator, she realized that disrupting entrenched racial and economic inequities in her community required systemic change. After passing the California Bar Exam, she plans to pursue a long career in public service, working with other equity-minded individuals to uplift historically underserved communities, before starting her own law firm.