An Pham

An Vu Minh Pham majored in Economics at Boston University. Born in Cambridge, An’s family moved back to Vietnam until raising him and his little sister in Toronto, Canada. He took early interests in writing, coding, and history that eventually pushed him to consider a career in public service. He firmly believes in the importance of using data to inform policy and social science to ask the right questions, and wants to understand how to apply these approaches during his undergraduate years. In his words, he “currently runs on takeout and loud music in a basement, living the [college] experience.”

An was the 2021 Open Data & Digital Communications Fellow for the City of Chelsea. As the 2022-2023 Menino Fellow, An completed a directed study focused on the history of Boston housing policy. He investigated the social patterns and policy choices that defined major eras of Boston’s development, from the post-war period, through urban renewal, and into ongoing suburbanization and gentrification. An focused on interventions by the City of Boston, including how they’ve worked, who they’ve served and failed, and whether lessons can be learned for Boston’s current housing crisis.