Phuong M. Do New York University Phuong Do is a recent graduate of MA Studio Program at NYU. Her work examines issues of ethnic and national identity, and displacement as they relate to her childhood experience of forced migration. She was born in Laos. Part of her family moved to Laos from Vietnam in the late 50s and others remained in Vietnam. She and her family came to the US as refugees in 1975 after US withdraw from Saigon. Her relatives now live in three different parts of the world, the US, France, and Vietnam. Ms. Do also holds a Master in Social Work and worked in the refugee/immigrant service field for ten years prior to pursuing photography.