Meet Tuan Ho, a 22 Year Old Vietnamese Immigrant who is Now Helping Thousands to Afford College

“Our world faces so much difficulty and uncertainty. We can often lose ourselves to fear and forget about hope, but if there is anything I believe in, it’s that we can create a better future together.”

I had the pleasure of interviewing Tuan Ho, the CEO & Co-founder of ScholarJet. He launched his startup while still in school studying Mechanical Engineering, at the age of 20. Tuan led ScholarJet to win $30,000 from notable pitch competitions on both the east and west coasts and become a MassChallenge 2017 Finalist. He has been featured on the Microsoft Blog, in the Northeastern News and Boston Innovation Magazine and has been a success story in Northeastern’s Empower Campaign that raised over $1.4 Billion.

Yitzi: Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?

My mom sacrificed everything we had in Vietnam for three plane tickets so that we could move to Boston in pursuit of a better education. She worked tirelessly to get my brother and me through high school, but when I was accepted into college, she was only making $20,000 a year. Northeastern University now costs upwards of…