  "Playground" Ann Phong Ann Phong was born in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1981 she had a chance to escape Vietnam by boat. After a year of living in refugee camps in Malaysia and the Philippines, Ann settled in Southern California. Phong currently teaches art at California State University Pomona. Her specialties are in drawing, painting, illustration and design. Since 2007, Ann has been invited by the USA College Board of Education to be one the Praxis Art readers to grade candidates who plan to pass the teaching credential program, and also as AP readers for American high school AP studio art program. She has also been invited to speak by many high schools, colleges, universities, galleries and museums on the subject of her own work and work of other Vietnamese American artists.
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