Formal Bio:B.T. Nguyen occasionally writes under the fictional penname, SilverNight Commander Yuki Alu Avarial Niklym. Her poem, “
Fading Epistles” has been published in the Copper Nickel Literary Journal’s 14th issue in 2010 and has received commemorations for her haiku sequence, “
Epistles of A Rising Sun,” and haiku pieces, "
Motion," "
Release," "
Samurai Contemplation," and free verse "
Retraction of Chlorophyll" here on DeviantART.
She is a first-generation Vietnamese American oddity in her family who finds great complications in satisfying her mother and upholding the typical Asian daughter ideals.
During her free time, she mostly enjoys role-playing as her fictional character on various online communities. Otherwise, she can be found strapped headfirst in books, doodling on random scraps of paper, crafting artwork out of scraps, frantically searching her imaginative archive to write another piece of literature, coloring, dreaming, practicing martial arts, and contemplating on what to do next.
Outside her personal hobbies, she is an EMT trained officer in the Boy Scouts of America coed Venturing branch: Venture Emergency Rescue Team 911 (VERT 911). She has been serving VERT 911 for over five years and has volunteered her time along with fellow teammates in providing medical first aid to events such as boy scout camps, the annual Triple Bypass bike ride, Denver Century Ride, and various other organizations.
She is currently an undergraduate working towards a Bachelor of the Arts Degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in biology and philosophy. She is also working on obtaining her NREMT certification by the end of July 2012. B.T. Nguyen still resides with her mother, younger sister, Chihuahua, and gold fish in Jefferson County, Colorado.