Toni Nguyen, an assistant general counsel for Dallas-based media giant Belo Corp., traveled a long way to have the opportunities she has today. In her job, Nguyen focuses on often complicated intellectual property and Internet-related issues, but her biggest concern once was survival.

Three decades ago, Nguyen faced an uncertain future. Her story began in war-torn Vietnam, where Nguyen was born in 1971. As a 7-year-old girl, Nguyen fled her home in Saigon and boarded a fishing boat with 20 other people to begin a harrowing journey that eventually brought her and her family to the United States in 1979.

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