Questions from Hieu

Interview Dr. Lykes

1. How did the contemporary events in the 1960’s and 70’s influence the choices that you made in your life?
2. What do you mean by emphasize in RACE, CLASS & GENDER; and that you are a “typical- white-southern woman” in the speech at Hollins on Founder day?
3. What made you to choose to work with people in other countries?
4.  What was your most memorable project?
5. How did you first get involved with activities that focus on “Human Rights” issues: and especially work that focuses on women’s benefits?
6. The biggest challenge that you faced?
7. What was your secret to deal with those challenges?
8. Have you ever wanted to give up when you worked on these projects?
9. Why yes? Why no? What keep you going?
10. Were you ever afraid of making “wrong” decisions that could harm others? (Example setting facilities in Guatemala for mental people, how did you know that people over there would support you…)
11. How had your life changed since you traveled to Guatemala to work? What different? And Why?

12. Do you consider you are a successful person?
13. Who would you give credit to for your successful?
14. How much “luck” and how much “hard work” to contribute to your successful, in your case?  J
15. Who was inspired you to reach your goals?
16. Who are your role models or people whose work/life you admire?
17. If you could to go back and make a change in your life, what would you do?
18. What message would you like to give to the younger generation today?

19. Again in the “speech” at Hollins on “founder” day.  You mentioned that success can’t be done without LOVE.  Can you expand on that? What do you mean by “LOVE”

20. Besides Africa, South America, do you have any plan to expend your work to Asia countries? Y?N?
21.  I did a research in VN, and “psychology” is not popular in VN yet.  Where should I begin if I want to help people?
22. “Human Right” and “Justice” in VN, what do you think about this?
23. Where and how should I start these two things in VN?

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