Soren Tran
B.S., Nursing, 2019
Registered Nurse
“Civility is more than just respect and being courteous. It’s about being open-minded and keeping a well-rounded perspective on life and others. I believe it begins with the individual and how they perceive themselves. If we can reach a certain transcendence within ourselves, we can then begin influencing other individuals whether we know them personally or not. Civility reflects who we are inside, and as a society, we need to spread this radiance. I remember riding the bus late at night in the midst of rain season. A child, who couldn’t have been older than 8, waltzed onto the bus drenched and lost. He looked up at the bus driver and said, “Sir, I think I’m lost”. A woman immediately gave him her coat and everyone else rushed by his side. He was bawling his eyes out, and we comforted him. It was mesmerizing to me, that this community of bus-goers came together to help this child. The bus driver reassured him that everything was going to be okay. It was more than civility, it was humanity at its height. I loved everything about that moment, and I think about it every time I lose hope.”
Soren Tran, August 2017
Soren was born in Vietnam but was raised in South Seattle. As one of two daughters from immigrant parents, she is the first to attend and complete college. She's very passionate about social justice as well as advocacy for the underrepresented community. Soren is a psychiatric nurse at Fairfax Behavioral Hospital, Kirkland, Washington.
Education: Seattle Central College, Associate of Arts (2016)
Service:
Computing Kids, Lead Instructor Dec 2016 – 2017
Awards/honors:
Chair of Mentorship, Seattle University Nurses Association
Dean’s list, Seattle Central College, 2014 – 2016
President’s list, Seattle Central College, summer, fall 2014
Goals:
Graduate with a BS in Nursing 2019
Do some volunteering/retreat in the summer
Generally give back to the community with the help of my fellow Alfie Scholars
Civility:
Civility is more than just respect and being courteous. It’s about being open-minded and keeping a well-rounded perspective on life and others. I believe it begins with the individual and how they perceive themselves. If we can reach a certain transcendence within ourselves, we can then begin influencing other individuals whether we know them personally or not. Civility reflects who we are inside, and as a society, we need to spread this radiance.
I remember riding the bus late at night in the midst of rain season. A child, who couldn’t have been older than 8, waltzed onto the bus drenched and lost. He looked up at the bus driver and said, “Sir, I think I’m lost”. A woman immediately gave him her coat and everyone else rushed by his side. He was bawling his eyes out, and we comforted him. It was mesmerizing to me, that this community of bus-goers came together to help this child. The bus driver reassured him that everything was going to be okay. It was more than civility, it was humanity at its height. I loved everything about that moment, and I think about it every time I lose hope.
