Immigrant proud to be part of Team USA's 'patchwork' of diversity

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If it weren’t for the restrictions on what can be bought with food stamps, Allen Tran may never have found his way to be the man in charge of nutrition for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team.The son of refugees, Tran wondered why his mother didn’t buy the popular sugar frosted cereal that all of his friends seemed to be enjoying.“We were on food stamps,” said Tran, who was born in Chicago’s inner city after his family fled post-war Viet