Athlete Profiles: September 2014

Name: Thienhuong Pham - can you pronounce that? no? Let's go with "Huong"

Nickname on the boards: Don't have one...boring, I know. Sam the Man does call me HP - maybe that will stick?

Member Since: March 2014

Occupation: Culinary Arts student at Le Cordon Bleu. Anyone need a personal chef to help you stay on track with your clean eating???? Seriously, hit me up.

Words to live by: Demand more of yourself.

If you're early you're on time, if you're on time, you're late.

Favorite quote: "My religion is very simple, my religion is kindness" - Dalai Lama

Favorite movies: anything disney/pixar - I am usually a sobbing mess by the end of these movies. Boyhood, An Education, Spirited Away.

Favorite food: I can't pick a favorite. Maybe pho - it's a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. It's delicious. If you ask me nicely, I may or may not make some for you.

Favorite music or artist: Again, there are too many artists that I like to pick a favorite. Currently listening to a lot of Chvrches, The Naked and Famous, Lucius, and LP. Favorite author is currently David Rakoff - he is incredibly funny. If you haven't read any David Rakoff, get off your butt and run to your nearest bookstore NOW.

Favorite sport or activity: Crossfit, biking, skiing, surfing, baseball

Sport or activity that you are training for: HOOVERBALL. oh and life in general, but mainly I just want to DOMINATE at hooverball

Goals

Personal: Be a better person! Be a better athlete, daughter, sister, friend.

Professional: Graduate from culinary school and nail down some solid contacts in the industry.

Athletic: Get stronger. seriously. Have the mobility down, now to back it up with some strength!

I am passionate about: Friends, family, cooking and sharing food with others.

Name some things we don’t know about you:

My elbows are really double jointed - ask me to do "the weird elbow thing" if you want to get weirded out.

I used to contract for the US Department of Justice.

I speak Vietnamese, Swahili, and Mandarin.

I went to the University of Virginia and got degrees in Music and Psychology - wooooo liberal arts!

Adventure you are planning: 2/3 of my roommates are moving to Texas so am currently navigating the Chicago real estate market - if that's not an adventure, I don't know what is. I want to go back to Southeast Asia - Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam - #backtothemotherland