Ellie (Eleanore) Yang
Managing Director
Anthony Xuân Diệp
Executive Director
Hanh Truong
Director and Partner
Loc Nguyen
Director of STEM Programs and College Counselor
Vu Le
Director and Partner
Ellie (Eleanore) Yang
Managing Director
Ellie was born in Taiwan, raised in Costa Rica, educated and trained in the United States, where she lived for nearly 15 years. She holds a BA in Anthropology from Dartmouth College and a dual MBA/MA from The Wharton School and The Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.
She spent most of her career working for Fortune 500 investment banking, private equity, and strategy consulting firms such as Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup Investment Banking), GE Capital and Accenture. In addition to her professional and academic credentials, Ellie possesses first-hand experience in Ivy League admissions. She has worked in The Wharton School’s Office of Admissions, where she had to evaluate and rank multiple applications. She also co-chaired UPenn’s Secondary School Committee in Vietnam, where she liaised between the university’s office of admissions and local alumni.
In her spare time, Ellie guided the children of friends and families on their college applications. Her mentees were accepted to all 8 Ivy League universities and other highly selective institutions.
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Anthony Xuân Diệp
Executive Director
Tony was born in Vietnam. He and his mother were the first Vietnamese boat people in Malaysia after leaving Vietnam in December 1975. After 7 months in a refugee camp, he was reunited with his father who was studying for his PhD at NYU. Tony grew up in New York and then New Jersey. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he has a B.S. in Finance from the Wharton School and a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences. He also has an M.B.A. from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
Tony first came to Vietnam in 1992 where he worked as an analyst for a spin-off of Solomon Brothers. Following business school, he worked in the Equities Division as an Associate at Goldman Sachs and in the Fixed Income Derivatives Division as a Vice President at JPMorgan for nearly 10 years. Tony returned to Vietnam for the second time in 2007 where he was the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director for Indochina Capital managing approximately $500 million of real estate private equity funds. He has interviewed and recruited hundreds of fresh college graduates from top schools for positions at these prestigious institutions and has intimate knowledge of the relationship between college and the work place.
Tony is now the Executive Director for i-IVY. He is fluent in English and spoken Vietnamese. He is the proud father of two little girls, Evie and Emma. He is an American sports fanatic and is a fan of the New York Yankees, New York Jets and Boston Celtics.
Trang Luu
Director and Partner
Trang holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also received the Rittenberg Prize for Best Undergraduate Student in English. In high school, she was awarded the ASSIST Scholarship to attend boarding school in Colorado for one year—an opportunity which led to her first (official) foray into English literature. Her passion for education started when she investigated the significance of digital literacy practices in relation to social justice awareness as part of the research project Write4Change. In her college counseling role at i-IVY, she hopes to guide students through one of the most transformational journeys in their lives, help them explore their potential through discipline and hard work, and make sure that they do not fall into the trap of the dangling modifier.
Vu Le
Director and Partner
Vu graduated from University of Oregon with a BS in Economics. Over the past five years, he has successfully prepared many students for US standardized exams and supported them with their study-abroad applications at high school, and junior high school levels. Outside of education, Vu conducts due diligence research for a US-based compliance firm, giving him insights into different industries in Vietnam. Both of these experiences allow him to help chart the most optimal academic career path for Vietnamese students at a young age.
Hanh Truong
Director and Partner
She graduated with a double major in Applied Psychology and Corporate Communication (Investor Relation track) from Singapore Management University in 2010. Before joining the education industry, she had worked as a business associate for leading property developers in Malaysia and Singapore, assisting prime projects’ due diligence and M&A process.
From 2013 to 2020, she has been through many positions in the education industry in Vietnam. From being a change manager to a school quality auditor, from a teacher to a curriculum designer, she took every possibility to gain insight into the classroom dynamic. She commits her abilities and skills to help her students unlock their full potentials.
In 2017, she enrolled in Pham Ngoc Thach Medicine University’s Children Speech-Language Pathology. From here, she expanded her network with top-notch health professionals and educators. She also updated the latest trends in education and medical science on special education, mental health service, and language acquisition.
In 2019, she obtained her Career Counselling Diploma and became a practicing member of the Asia-Pacific Career Development Association
Loc Nguyen
Director of STEM Programs & College Counselor
Loc currently serves as a College Counselor and Director of STEM Programs at i-IVY. Graduated from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and Medical Engineering, Loc committed to broaden the Caltech Impact to a wider community through educational outreach, coaching, and research in STEM-related fields. Besides 5 years of extensive research and development experiences in molecular diagnostics device, drug delivery nano-system, and computational biophysics in university and startup settings, Loc has directed or cofounded several non-profit organizations whose mission is to nurture the next generations of scientists and engineers of Viet Nam via summer science programs. Loc has high hope that young students whose passion lies within or across STEM fields will lead the world forward with proper shared vision and guidance.