This as-told-to essay is based on an interview with Nguyen Thị Thanh Thơ, aka Hana Nguyen, 36, founder of Hana's Coworking in Da Nang, Vietnam. It has been edited for length and clarity I never planned to work with digital nomads . In fact, three years ago, I didn't even know what "coworking" meant. I was born in the countryside of central Vietnam and, in my teens, moved to Da Nang with my family for college. I first studied business administration, and later trained to become a pharmacist.