TEDx Speaker, Mediator, and Author Nhi Aronheim stands at only four feet, nine inches tall, but her story is immense.

Several anthologies including Colorado Public Radio (CPR), Jewish News, and Harvey Brownstone Interviews (Canadian Show) have profiled her harrowing journey as a child refugee who escaped war-torn Vietnam in search of the American Dream.

Her memoir Soles of a Survivor has been featured in various media, such as the Denver Post, Westword Newspaper, Wicked (in Massachusetts), Hadassah Magazine, and the cover of Colorado Country Life magazine.

Nhi’s diverse background is captivating. As a refugee, she was adopted by a Christian family in the South. She later met and married a Jewish man and converted to Judaism in 2004. Nhi has two beautiful children who she has raised to embrace Vietnamese and Jewish cultures. After transitioning to sales and marketing in the mortgage industry—where Nhi worked for over sixteen years—she retired as a marketing specialist at the age of forty-one to begin her next life adventure. Since then, she has been a speaker, mediator, author, and volunteers her time as a mediator for the Better Business Bureau.