Thao Nguyen was born in Falls Church, Virginia in 1984, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees. Known for her amazing stage presence and consistently fantastic songwriting has made THAO a revered figure in the indie rock world. On the heels of releasing her fifth album, Temple, Sheroes host Carmel Holt finds THAO at an incredibly meaningful moment in her life, as she is for the first time in her career both publicly out, and embracing her Vietnamese heritage. For this Mixtape Memoir, she brings tracks from Queen Latifah, Cesária Evora, Smokey Robinson and more.