Nhu is currently a project manager at Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit parent organization of Wikipedia, whose goal is to advance the free knowledge movement. Prior to joining Wikimedia Foundation, she was the senior project manager at World Vision USA, working towards global poverty alleviation through children-centric community development programs worldwide. 

​She is passionate about serving others, especially vulnerable groups like refugees and immigrants, as an immigrant herself and granddaughter to refugees of the Vietnam War.

Nhu graduated from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. She went on to complete her graduate education at Sciences Po in Paris, France where she earned a Master’s in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action. Additionally, she was a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea.