Anna Minh-Thu Quach
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Anne Minh-Thu Quach is a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament and a teacher.
She was elected in the riding of Beauharnois- Salaberry in 2011. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair appointed her Deputy Spokesman NDP industry in his shadow cabinet. Minh-Thu Quach exclaimed that "These are great responsibilities. Every week, I work on a variety of issues, aerospace digital via IP. It's exciting." [1]
Before becoming a Member of Parliament, Anne Minh-Thu Quach taught French at the Commission scolaire de la Vallée-des-Weavers, École Edgar-Hébert, and École Baie-St-François. She was very active in the Syndicat de l'enseignement de Champlain, the regional teachers union that includes Longueuil. Serving three years on its executive committee, she represented it on the general council of the Centrale des Syndicats du Québec, the union central that includes over 100,000 teachers and about 75,000 other employees in health, social services, community, culture and recreation.
Education
Anne Minh-Thu Quach graduated from the Cégep de Valleyfield with a diploma in health sciences in 2001. Later she completed a Bachelor's degree in secondary education from the Université de Sherbrooke in 2005.
She was born on August 14, 1982 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield parents of Vietnamese parents. She is one of three Vietnamese Canadians to have been elected to the House of Commons, following Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and alongside Hoang Mai. [2]