Anh Pham
Anh Pham has spent much of her life “giving back to God what I can.” Escaping her native Vietnam in 1975, Pham, her husband The, and their four children were able to eventually settle in La Crosse, where they were helped by the Catholic Diocese. The couple worked very hard— The at St. Francis Hospital and Anh at St. Joseph Nursing Home and cleaning the Family Radio Building for more than 35 years (where she was an investor in the employee stock plan.) All four of their children would go on to graduate from Aquinas High School, earn college degrees, and have successful lives and careers. Pham built a house for her parents and siblings in Vietnam, and has led trips to the country for her friends to meet and stay with her family. A devout Catholic, nearly every day Pham is at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral by 5:45 a.m. to prepare the church for daily Mass. Once a year, she makes as many as 3,000 eggrolls for an annual sale, the proceeds of which are given to the church. She has often treated groups of priests and friends to meals and fellowship at local restaurants. Place of Grace Catholic Worker House and the YMCA are also the beneficiaries of Pham’s hard work, where she does everything from making coffee to cleaning to “doing whatever they need.” She is well known in the La Crosse area for her kindness and willingness to help others.