I finished the first draft of my memoir Golden Leaf on November 19, 2008.I am a staff software engineer at CheckFree (now part of Fiserv) and an adjunct instructor ("Programming .Net Framework Using C#") at Portland Community College.
Until the end of 2007, I was the president of the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon for four years. My volunteering efforts included PYGA's First Tee, SpinFilm, Portland Villiage School, Project Enlighten, and Crossing East. I am a member of the Rotary Club of Portland and Royal Rosarians.
My civic involvements included the Portland Immigrant and Refugee Task Force, the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Advisory Committee's Housing Subcommittee, and Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement Director Hiring Committee and more.I am a former Oregon Beaver Boys State participant, YWCA camp counselor at Camp Westwind, BGSU Graduate Student Senate treasurer, senior consultant at Andersen Consulting (Accenture), account manager at United Data Processing (UDP), and Dale Carnegie team leader.
I am a Khmer Rouge genocide survivor and a former Cambodian refugee. I came to the U.S. in the summer of 1979. I graduated from Cleveland High School in 1983, Reed College in 1987 (B.A. Math) and Bowling Green State University in 1989 (M.S. Applied Statistics and Operations Research).I am a speaker and a messenger of two million lives claimed by the Khmer Rouge genocide. In the reflection of my own past, I have delivered the motivational speeches that inspired people to celebrate life, put things in perspective, hope, dream, have courage, live a balanced life and help others.
I sincerely hope that you find my website insteresting and that you invite other people to explore and share my journey. If you have any good idea on how to make the world a better place, one person at a time, please send me an email (kilongung@gmail.com).
