Cindy Tran
Cindy Tran is the proud owner of Cindy’s Nail Salon, a local nail salon in New Orleans. Cindy was raised in Vietnam but moved to the U.S. in the early 2000s after her husband found great career success there. Cindy is a proud mother of two daughters. Cindy has found success in the face of adversity including Hurricane Katrina, and COVID- 19.
Makenzie: What do you wish more people knew about you?
Cindy: I love that sometimes the customer says, ‘Who Cindy?’ It makes me feel warm and so happy. It looks like they know me, and I feel so excited. I don't want to make anybody sad. I want to make everybody happy.
TIMELINE
“ I don’t want to make anybody sad. I want to make everybody happy.”
“So, in Vietnam, my family was a business family. When I am still little, my mom and my dad were business people, and when I grew up, I knew I wanted that”
2004
2006
2020
Cindy immigrates to the United States from Vietnam with her two-year-old daughter. They join her husband, who had been living in Louisiana for many years, and begin working in the fishing industry.
Cindy’s family is displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They temporarily relocate to Houston, Texas, before returning to New Orleans. Cindy convinces her husband to settle in the city instead of moving back to rural Louisiana.
Cindy trains to be a nail technician at My Le’s Beauty College
Cindy opens the S. Carrollton location of Cindy’s Nails and Spa
COVID-19 hits, and Cindy’s is forced to close in March. During this time, Cindy develops a plan to expand her store to create COVID regulation safe conditions