Andrew Cao

President

Kellie Dinh

INternal Vice President

Kellie is a senior finishing up her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Engineering at LSU. She entered college pursuing a pre-med track but shifted into pursuing a career in medical devices. Kellie aims to jumpstart her career in Louisiana to stay close to family and get experience to possibly move to Texas or the west coast later in life.

Kellie’s VSA journey started with her attending VSA events during her freshman year. She entered college and made connections with VSA-LSU freshmen representative at the time, Andrew Cao, at a LSU SASE meeting. She ended up going to one of VSA-LSU soccer intramurals where she met one of her current best friends and that led to her attending many VSA-LSU events. Kellie met later her predecessor, Madonna Trinh, at a thanksgiving potluck. This stands as a core memory for Kellie because it led her into joining Date Auction (known as Talent Auction now) where she had the opportunity to meet many individuals that were pivotal to her involvement in VSA. Kellie eventually joined as an intern for VSA-LSU and learned about what it is like on eboard and more about Camp Delta. After attending Camp Delta, her camp family inspired her to travel to other VSAs within the region and branch out to know what it meant to be part of the Gulf Coast. During the end of her sophomore year, she applied and become the External Vice President for VSA-LSU (2023-2024). At the end of her junior year, Kellie applied to become UVSAGC Internal Vice President. Kellie adores the community, and with the support of her past eboard and friends, she saw a chance to give back to the community with open arms. As the Internal Vice President, Kellie hopes to remain focused on the goal of keeping the community safe, welcoming, and inspiring involvement in the community.

Kellie: “VSA is so much more than just a club to meet others, it's a home and family to beautiful souls from all over the Gulf Coast. I sincerely hope that during our term my eboard and I can lead y'all to a prosperous future where GC stands proudly and warmly as one of the best communities to be a part of.”

Outside of VSA, Kellie enjoys going to external VSA events that are out of the Gulf Coast region. She attended a few south region events and has attended UNAVSA twice. During her free time, Kellie enjoys playing games like Valorant, TFT, Baldur’s Gate, Minecraft, and other similar games. She also enjoys romance novels, dating reality shows, and most fantasy YA shows. When she is free, she occasionally plays pickleball and wants to try to play D&D.

Laura Trinh

External Vice President

Laura is a University of New Orleans Alumni. She graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting. Laura is planning on pursuing her CPA and working her way up to becoming a partner of an existing account firm or to open up a business of her own involving personal taxes.

Laura’s VSA journey began when she attended her first meeting at UNOVSA during her freshman year. As she witnessed how friendly and fun everyone in VSA was, she got the idea she could also enjoy her time there. Laura started interning for eboard in the spring semester. Her intern role turned into multiple eboard positions, which then became multiple positions out of region. Laura was inspired from out of region events to go beyond everyone’s expectations when it came to VSA retirement. She personally believed that deep down inside, she wanted a reason to never leave the VSA space. To Laura, VSA has always been a home to her. A place she could run back to when she couldn’t seem to find her way back. It gave her insight to why life happens certain ways and continues to give her many blessings and opportunities. Laura signed up to become UVSAGC External Vice President because she wanted to give people the opportunities and experiences that she was able to receive. Laura wanted to give back to the community as much as she have received from them.

Laura: “All I am looking forward to is bringing back the spark in our region. The fire that was once lit inside each and every one of us, I want to be a part of the catalyst that lights them back up. I have seen that fire before and all I hope is that we as a board can bring it back to life.”

Outside of VSA, Laura enjoys sleeping. She can sleep sitting up, eating dinner, anywhere that's warm and comfy. Laura also enjoys learning new recipes and being able to enhance her crafting skills. She enjoys various crafts ranging from embroidering to paintings to making press on nails. She enjoys being able to learn new skills to then share and teach to other people.

Walker Lamkin

Treasurer

Walker attends the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is currently pursuing a Bachelors in Music Business. With his degree, Walker plans on working with independent record labels or with a professional audio systems company, which would allow him traveling opportunities with different bands/artists around the world.

Walker’s VSA journey began in November 2021 when he went to his first VSOUL General Meeting. Since then, he had the opportunity to grow in the VSA space as well as attend Camp Delta XIV in 2022. Walker then joined his local VSA’s eboard because he was inspired by the environment that he was surrounded by friends he had made from the organization. After serving as VSOUL’s treasurer from 2022-2023 and being a member of the media team for Camp Delta XV, he knew he still had more drive and passion for VSA. His drive for VSA led him to become VSOUL’s president. During his presidency term, Walker was also a member of the entertainment committee for Summit III as well as a returning media team member for Camp Delta XVI. When he applied to become UVSAGC treasurer, Walker thought back to all the amazing people he had met and all of the experiences presented to him that opened many doors. Because of many events like Leadership Retreats, Talent Auction, Eggroll Bowl, Golden Lotus, and even UNAVSA-18 conference, Walker thought it would be a disservice to himself and others for not returning the favor and carrying on traditions that have helped others before him.

Walker: “I hope to see a new wave of faces in the GC region over the next two years and that I can establish stronger connections with those that are looking to bring a positive change within GC. I plan on continuing the financial growth from the previous Executive Board to help elevate GC to new levels, and I'm looking forward to potential projects that allow us to give back to the local community that makes GC well... GC.”

Outside of VSA, Walker enjoys spending time with friends and family, working out, traveling, and playing sports like tennis and pickleball. Walker also enjoys eating and sleeping.

Dennilyn Hoang

Secretary

Dennilyn is currently a senior attending the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Biological Science on the pre-optometry track. With her degree, she intends to gain experience in the optometry field and also attend optometry school to become an optometrist. Later in life, Dennilyn plans to open her own optometry clinic.

Dennilyn’s VSA journey began her freshman year in the fall of 2021. Before entering into college, one of her cousins was a previous president of USMVSA and persuaded Dennilyn to seek out USMVSA at the club involvement fair. Coming from a town where there was a very small population of Vietnamese people, she was eager to join the club to meet new people and attended most meetings and events. When spring rolled around, she signed up to become an intern for the current eboard. Her memories of her new friends and the role models around her inspired her to then attend Camp Delta XIV, which opened her shell even more to the person she is today. By Dennilyn’s sophomore year, 2022-2023, she became the Vice President of USMVSA, was a Community Outreach member on Cabinet, and was also a Camp Delta XV counselor. During her junior year, she decided to turn her attention back to her local VSA and became Co-President from 2023-2024. Nearing the end of her presidency term, she put a lot of thought into applying for UVSAGC eboard and overall applied for the position of Secretary. She applied for the position of Secretary because she wanted to give back to the community and realized she still had passion for VSA.

Dennilyn: “I grew a lot and learned so much since my freshman year because of VSA. I was given opportunities to step into roles I didn’t think I would be able to fulfill, and yet I still gave those positions my all. VSA gave me confidence in my leadership style and helped me learn to keep growing from my mistakes. Our community is constantly growing with thriving leaders. I want to give them the resources they need to feel confident in their abilities as leaders, not just in their local VSAs, but their lifestyles as well. That is what VSA gave to me and what I want to give back…development, growth, and opportunities.”

Outside of VSA, Dennilyn mostly enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing video games. She has an addiction for playing Sims 4 and recently Fortnite. Fun fact about her Sims 4 addiction is that she has spent about $500 on the game and DLC. When Dennilyn is not playing video games, she enjoys watching shows, drawing or painting, and reading.