Name: Loc Lam
Major: Biology/Pre-pharm, possibly consider working on pre-med track with a degree in BMB.
Organizations Involved: Mercer Vietnamese Student Association (MViet), Mercer Asia, Mercer Service Scholars, Alpha Phi Omega, Phi Eta Sigma, and RA for Residence Life.
What non-profit organizations do you work with?
I work with Alpha Phi Omega which is a service fraternity at Mercer, MViet which is non-member fee club mainly focusing on fundraising to purchase food, clean water, and other life necessity for unfortunate patient and orphanage encountered during Mercer on Mission to Vietnam, and Mercer Service Scholars which engages in substantive service in both Macon, our local community, and internationally through The Fuller Center for Housing.
You are a part of Mercer Asia, what programs are coming up?
We will have a Lunar New Year Celebration on the 30th of January. It will be awesome with delicious Chinese food and exciting entertainment from the members of the club.
Who is your role model and why?
My role model is my dad. He is the hardest worker and the most dedicated person that I’ve ever known of.  Sacrificing all he had built up for more than 40 years in Vietnam, he determinedly decided to come to America just to work as a normal laborer, so that I can have a better future and education. He taught me to respect others, to thrive for success, and best of all he wants me to always look back to my family and remember of who I am.
When you think of the American culture, what are your thoughts?
Many people outside of this country say that Americans have no culture, yet, to me, the American culture is the most unique thing that I have fortunately experienced in my life. Coming to America, I have been surprised with the diversity of thoughts and cultures that this land has offered. I used to live up in Oregon where people claim to speak the most proper English in the nation, and then I moved to Boston where I immersed in its busy life, small old European streets and an atmosphere of high intellectual society. Finally, I came to Georgia where people’s friendliness and gratitude to others startles me as a newcomer.  All of those encounters have eventually helped me to grow up day by day, and I can certainly say that I owe a lot to the American culture.
Life Motto: Be graceful for what you have, and take action when others are in need.
Future Goals: Even though I am still deciding on my future careers, I certainly want to be a healthcare provider who can take the art of science, the subject that I love, to improve lives people and change the way that they about their health as a whole. My biggest dream, yet, is to travel the world every year and practice my skill in medicine in rural areas where health is one of the biggest issues.