During Cal State Fullerton’s Commencement 2025, more than 2,400 participating business Titan graduates heard from two of their fellow grads. Accounting and finance undergraduate student Tiffany Vo addressed the morning gathering, while MBA-organizational leadership graduate Anthony Gomez spoke at the evening event.
A second-generation Vietnamese and Chinese American, Vo is also a second-generation business Titan, as her mother earned her business degree at Cal State Fullerton in 1995. Looking at her accomplishment, Vo recognizes that the supportive faculty and programs of the College of Business and Economics combined with her parents’ loving guidance and input were crucial.
“It is because of the academic rigor facilitated by top-notch professors, the supportive programs that have forever changed the trajectory of my career, and the beautiful and welcoming culture created by you, the students, that I have been able to find fulfillment and success at Cal State Fullerton,” she said. “However, this success is not mine alone. I believe my success is a testament to my parents’ sacrifice. It’s an echo of my parents’ courage, of two people who left behind everything in Vietnam and risked their lives to build one full of security and opportunity for my sister and myself. Their sacrifice, their resilience and their belief in something better are what got me here today. This degree is as much theirs as it is mine. Cảm ơn Ba Mẹ vì tất cả. English translation: ‘Thank you, mom and dad, for everything.’”
Read more about Vo and Gomez in this CSUF Business News article.