About Us

This 4th of July I would like to share with you my personal story and journey of how I became the person I am today.

In 1963 I was born in the third world country of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge changed my life forever when Cambodia turned into a communist regime in 1975. In the blink of an eye, all my neighbors, friends, and family were sent to concentration camps overnight. Most of them I would never see again, including my second oldest sister who was taken from my family and executed in the infamous killing fields. My father and his entire family’s side was also executed. Those of us who were allowed to live were sent to the unspeakably brutal concentration camps. Many of us who survived cried and felt outrage against the authorities who deprived us of basic human rights. I decided that I would not live like this, and at 14 years old I went to the border of Thailand by myself to find a better life.

I was still starving everyday and worked to make ends meet by offering to clean dishes to people and eating their leftovers. I went to every door I could and worked my hardest to receive barely enough food each day to survive. Eventually I was able to become a sponsored refugee and obtained a plane ticket to the United States.

When I first came to America, I did not speak a word of English and worked minimum wage jobs. I was shut down from opportunities such as scholarships and better jobs because of my race and background. However, I learned from my difficult experiences in Cambodia not to cry or feel upset, but instead to move on and find opportunities elsewhere to improve my situation. So throughout my adulthood in America, I worked as hard as I did when I tried to survive everyday as a teenager. I made the most out of every opportunity given to me by the kind and compassionate people who came my way. To this day I still face prejudice and am often turned down for contracts due to my racial background. Many doors have been closed to me, but I continue moving on to the next door like I did in Cambodia. Rejection has only motivated me to try harder.

The hardships I experienced seeing injustice, violence, and death taught me not to take anything in my life for granted. My difficult experience in Cambodia is also the reason why I have chosen to dedicate my life professionally to the biomedical field to help save lives. Even though the adversity I experienced growing up was agonizing, I do not regret the valuable life lessons I learned and implemented into my life. The struggles we go through truly shape us into the persons we are today.

Now I am a husband, father, and proud owner of multiple real-estate properties in California and a successful minority business. I am grateful to have more than twenty diverse employees from different backgrounds and cultures working in our nation’s best hospitals each day to provide the highest quality of service for patients needing critical care during this pandemic. My real estate properties and biomedical company have allowed me to prosper as a multimillionaire in America who started with literally nothing as a refugee in Cambodia.

I will always remember the immortal words of President John F. Kennedy: “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” I live by his words and have succeeded by taking initiative everywhere I went, learning from my mistakes, and never giving up when hardships are met.

This 4th of July, let us not forget that America is the land of opportunity, and our future is determined by what we do today. Let us make the most of what we are given and live in gratitude everyday to make our own story a great one.