Elly Thuy Nguyen is a travel writer from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. She has been studying English since she was five years old, and works as an English-language writer and editor for a marketing company in Vietnam. In addition to reading and writing, Elly enjoys going to cafes, traveling in Vietnam and the United States, watching American TV shows and movies, taking pictures of cats, and playing badminton.