Teresa Mei Chuc (Tuệ Mỹ Chúc)

Bãi Đầm Trầu, Côn Đảo, Việt Nam

Born in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam, a refugee of war, from the age of two and a half, Teresa Mei Chuc (Tuệ Mỹ Chúc) grew up on unceded Tongva territory in the village of Hahamongna (Pasadena, California), surrounded by the Tongva Xaayy (Mountains).

‘Aweshkone xaa
honuukvetam
eyoohiinkem
‘ahiihirom koy
taraaxatom,
the original caretakers of Tovaangar.