Veasna So once described himself as a “queer boy, a Khmer-American son of former refugees, a failed computer scientist, a grotesque parody of the model minority, and a graduate of Stanford University.”
From a child of immigrants drawing on the walls of the family’s house to an Emmy-winning visual effects artist drawing for Hollywood, a Cambodian-American talent represents a classic success story of the American dream. Now, she hopes to bring the dream to her motherland. VOA’s Chetra Chap reports.
Ellen Wong – a Cambodian-Canadian actress known for roles in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Carrie Diaries, and Netflix’s GLOW – takes on a character whose story is closest to her own real life in a new film about her ancestral country Cambodia.
Cambodian-American surgeon and researcher Dr. SreyRam Kuy has developed with a team an online Covid-19 preparedness tool kit for businesses and health care professionals.
Khmer New Year would have officially been celebrated Tuesday until Thursday. But in Cambodia, the government has postponed the holidays to contain the spread of the virus, and in the US, the government has urged the population to stay home and close all non-essential businesses.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898, is one of the most respected honor societies in the United States. With only 250 members, the society is made up of leading architects, artists, composers, and writers who administer 70 awards and prizes to "foster, assist, and sustain excel
Savannahry Em’s superpower is her right hand. She uses it to knock out martial arts opponents and she uses it to punch above her weight as a multimedia graphic artist. The 27-year-old, Cambodian-American mixed martial artist is also an accomplished illustrator. She dedicates her fighting and art to
Cambodian Rock Band, a play by Lauren Yee, tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor who returned to Cambodia for the first time in 30 years. VOA Khmer’s Reasey Poch reports from New York City.
Thy Chea arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport after successfully petitioning to get his green card reinstated and suing the federal government to allow him to return to the country.
Children of immigrants, who are born in United States, often struggle to understand their own identity. A Cambodian-American actress is using her art to explore her roots through a very personal story. VOA’sChetra Chap reports.
An MMA fighter of Cambodian decent has never set her foot in her mother’s homeland, but now she is using her fighting career to reconnect with the country that her mother told her about when she was a child. VOA’s Chetra Chap reports.
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