I was born during the Khmer Republic period(1970-75). My exact birthplace was by the Sangké River in Battambang City, Battambang Province. I, who was one of the children of war and like many other Khmers, went through a great ordeal. Of the four males in my family, I am the only one who made it through Cambodia's Killing Fields in the late 70s. Thanks mostly in part to my beloved and caring mother who provided my sisters and I with enormous motherly protection during those difficult times. Because of her faith in Lord Siddartha and her self-sacrificed, we cheated deaths. I feel fortunate that our lives were spared.

In early March of 1982, my family arrived in America. We then briefly settled down in our home state Illinois, where i received my brief elementary education. In the summer of 1985, my family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Minneapolis, Minnesota. There I finished my secondary education and continued my post secondary education at the University of Minnesota at Morris, where I majored in sociology.

Personal Interests

• Traveling
• Hanging out with friends(e.g. going to movies,clubs, or just chillin')
• Listening to musics(e.g. popular rock, hip hop,r&b,raggae,rap(most of the light ones),classical music (Beethoven, Vivaldi, Mozart..etc), and of course Khmer Classics(some modern ones).
• Riding my motorcycle on a nice warm day.
• Khmer History
• Drawing/oil or water color painting.