Who is the most resilient person you’ve ever had the privilege to know? Perhaps it’s a family member, or a friend or even a colleague. For many of us, the meaning of resilience comes to the fore when reflecting on the wonderful women in our lives. For the members of Future Women, who’ve recently been introduced to the extraordinary Be Ha – she is now one of them. She sat down with Jamila Rizvi and Helen McCabe to share her story with the Future Women community. Be’s story is just one of the incredible 19 stories shared by ordinary women in Future Women’s first book, Untold Resilience. 

Ha grew up in Vietnam in a small bustling town on the banks of the Mekong River Delta. The eldest of her family, 11 brothers and sisters often trailing behind her. Ha remembers her childhood fondly. Learning the recipes to her favourite dishes with her father by her side. That’s where her passion for cooking began, Ha says, and it is something that she still holds close to her heart.