black Converse — the naive journey


Mathematics drew me to difficult problems. Economics made me curious about the choices behind everyday outcomes. Teaching brought those questions into conversations with other students.

MATHEMATICS

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I grew up taking part in mathematics competitions. Beyond the result, what keeps me interested is the reasoning: how an assumption shapes a problem, why a method works, and what changes when I approach it differently.

The reasoning behind an answer

ECONOMICS.

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I have long been drawn to rankings and statistics. Reading Freakonomics helped me recognize a deeper interest: the incentives and less visible factors behind outcomes that initially seem unrelated.

What lies beneath an outcome?

INCENTIVES

INCENTIVES

What makes a choice reasonable to the person making it?

What makes a choice reasonable to the person making it?

ACCESS

ACCESS

Who has the opportunity to benefit?

Who has the opportunity to benefit?

ALLOCATION

How should limited resources be shared?

EDUCATION

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I also founded a tutoring program for students in disadvantaged areas

Through ENTEN, our work included online teaching, workshops, and sharing subject guidance and learning materials. These were different ways of helping students find support beyond their own classrooms.

When an explanation meets a learner

A QUESTION BEYOND THE RESULT

I knew how much effort a result could represent. I was beginning to ask what it could not show.

The first solutions widened access—but they also exposed a deeper problem.

The Turning Point →

The Turning Point →

DANG NGUYEN SY HOANG

Academic Portfolio · 2026–2027

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