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Photos by Patrick O'Donnell
At left, Michelle Nguyen, executive director of the Viet Art Center, where the Smithsonian exhibition is housed through Dec. 2, stands with Anh Cao of Farmers Insurance, corporate sponsor of the exhibition. Cao immigrated to the United States in 1985 and joined Farmers Insurance a year later. A top agent in California, she has earned the company's highest recognition member of the President's Council.
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