Patricia Nguyen is a Chicago based performance artist, healer, and educator. Her 10 years of experience in performance, arts education, community development and human rights has taken her work in the United States, Vietnam, Brazil, and the Philippines. She has performed at the Nha San Collective in Vietnam, the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco, Oberlin College, Northwestern University, and University of Massachusetts Boston. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Performance Studies at Northwestern University.