our executive team

​Founder and President
Thomas Tran
Thomas is a IB Year 1 student at the Canadian International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is an avid advocate for ameliorating rural infrastructure, access to resources, and literacy rates in ethnic enclaves of Vietnam, garnering attention from press and the government. He also represented Vietnam at a diplomatic celebration and met the former Vice President of Vietnam and the Consulate General of Canada.

Vice President
Aurora Do
Aurora is an OSSD student from the Canadian International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is passionate about biochemistry and hopes to contribute to the organisation's mission to build bridges in underserved communities and to propel the organisation's reach across Vietnam at large.

Vice President
Helen Anderson
Helen Lê Anderson is an IB Year 1 student at the Canadian International School Vietnam, passionate about literature and human aid. Helen is a volunteer and staff reader at multiple literary magazines and publishing companies such as The Quiet Reader, and Chicken House Press. She is also a leader of multiple charitable organisations including My Egrets Delivery Service, Silverfish Charities, and Bridging The Gap.

Vice President
Elsa Tran
As an 11th grader and science lover, through our soap production efforts to contribute to funding bridge construction in Ben Tre, Vietnam, I’m excited to channel my interest in science to work towards a future where quality infrastructure is accessible to all! I’m especially looking forward to visiting the projects firsthand and collaborating with Bridging The Gap’s esteemed partners to support this meaningful mission!