PALATINE, IL – Quest Academy Alumna, Nissa Rhee (Class of 1998) will address current middle school students on Monday, November 11, Veteran’s Day, and share her research on American Veterans returning to Vietnam.
Nissa Rhee is a writer who specializes in cultural and conflict issues. In recognition of her work, she was awarded a 2011-2013 Rotary Peace Fellowship at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Before moving down under, she worked as a journalist in South Korea and Chicago. She received her BA from the University of Chicago and her MA from the University of Queensland. She graduated from Quest Academy in 1998.
Nissa is currently working on a nonfiction book about American veterans who have returned to Vietnam to address the continued legacies of the 1955-1975 war. The efforts of veterans have helped push the US to be accountable for the remnants of war in Vietnam, which continue to claim the lives of Vietnamese four decades on. For this project, she interviewed over a dozen veterans who work in Vietnam on issues ranging from Agent Orange to unexploded bombs to education.
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Her work has appeared in a variety of print and radio outlets, including The Christian Science Monitor, the Korean partner of the International Herald Tribune, CBC Radio and Radio Netherlands Worldwide. She also produces the audio component of the Iraq History Project and Current Violations Project – together one of the largest documentation programs of human rights abuses in the world.
Between 2006 and 2009, Nissa worked as a producer and director of Chicago Public Radio’s daily international affairs program “Worldview.” She traveled with the show to both Mexico and Canada to report on immigration issues. Nissa’s responsibilities on “Worldview” included producing the “Global Activism” series, which highlighted individuals that are working to make the world a better place.
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Quest Academy in Palatine is an independent day school for gifted and talented students from preschool through eighth grade. Learn more about Quest Academy at www.questacademy.org.
