Hung Trieu joined the board of directors in 2009, 11 years after he joined Dr. John's first PeerCorps group beginning in his Sophomore year at Fitchburg High School.  He was on the Tennis and Cross Country teams. In college, he married his childhood sweetheart, MyHanh.  They now have a great son, James (Taylor), who is Dr. John's godson.  With a young family to support, Hung began working part-time as Dr. John's executive assistant when TeenAIDS' office was composed of two computers.  MyHanh is now a medical student at UMASS-Worcester.  Dr. John owes a lot to Hung for his work especially when John was out of the country. Hung is now the productions supervisor for Pepsi in Central Massachusetts.
 

Hung writes:
I have been working with Dr. John since 1998, my sophomore year in high school (Fitchburg High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts).  I was involved in the student PeerCorps group as I enjoyed working and counseling my peers.  I am now in college taking many different course studies until I choose a major .

My folks are Vietnamese and I have been in America for over fourteen years.  I was very excited to hear that Dr. John had been to Vietnam and wanted to volunteer my time in helping his cause to prevent HIV/AIDS.  It was a great experience for me to work with TeenAIDS-PeerCorps because it made me less shy about talking in public -- especially about sex. 

I look forward to meeting all the different people that Dr. John has met or will meet on his walks.  So if you are interested in talking to me, please e-mail me at htrieu@teenaids.org.