She develops and teaches courses on immigration and resettlement, global social work practice and reflexive social work: diversity and social justice. Her publications have focused on topics of community engaged teaching and research and community capacity building with communities of immigrant and refugee backgrounds. She has practiced clinical and community social work for over 20 years with diverse, minoritized populations in the U.S.A. and abroad. Trinh received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology at the University of Texas and her Masters of Social Work from the University of Houston. She is also a Qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher through the Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School.