Meet the team

Becky Kammer is the ringleader of team. She first learned about the plight of people with albinism in Tanzania while watching a documentary produced by Under The Same Sun. She is an O.D. and an expert in low-vision, which is particularly useful in working with people with albinism.

David Nguyen is an optometry student who leads the Fellowship of Christian Optometrists at the Southern California College of Optometry. He is the baby of the team and has a fan club of adoring (female) colleagues.









   

Michelle Lee is also an optometry student at SCCO. She was recently elected American Optometric Student Association Trustee, which is kind of a big deal. She has a season pass to Disneyland and likes men who wear suspenders well.









 

 

Hope Ann Nguyen is a pediatric dentist and mother to an adorable dog named Shelby. Her favorite restaurant is Cafe Chloe and for some reason she has a chandelier that hangs over her bathtub.

 

Cheryl Estiva works alongside Hope as a pediatric dentist. She really enjoys finger puppets and has a surprising depth of sports knowledge, especially as it relates to the Bay Area teams.

 

Steve Wang and Anna Chandsawangbhuwana are husband and wife, optometry student and pediatric dentist, respectively. They really like to travel and eat, and never in their wildest dreams expected to be going to Africa this summer. Yes, Anna has a very long last name and, no, nobody has ever told her that before.






Thank you for taking the time to get to know all our amazing team members. We are excited, frightened and expectantly awaiting amazing things on our journey to Tanzania. So many things still need to be done, such as packing the rest of our supplies, learning a bit of Swahili, making sure that we are 100% malaria resistant, completing the homework assignment that Dr. Kammer gave us all and just really preparing our hearts to go on this voyage together. By God's grace we have the good fortune of being able to provide something of value to the people we will be serving. So many of you have already contributed an exceedingly generous amount in financial support, but we ask you now to also partner with us in these upcoming weeks with your thoughts and prayers. We'll send out a complete list of prayers within the next couple of days and we will try to update you as much as possible with our experiences along the way.

God bless,
Steve