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About
Although I was born into poverty, I’d worked hard my entire life. As a child, I worked long, hard hours on the farm. As a youth, I left home in search of a better life for myself and my two sons, landing work that I was ashamed of to this day. After I came to America, I continued working hard to provide for my families in the United States and Southeast Asia and to bring my sons to America, where I thought they would have a better life.
My success in America stemmed in large part from my ability to care for people with severe developmental disabilities. With this talent, I built a company that eventually employed sixty-five people and provided care for dozens of individuals.
Throughout it all, I believed in family. In fact, I believed in the concept of family so strongly that, looking back, I see that it often skewed the reality of my situation.
In 2014, after illness and a series of challenges put my career as a health-care provider on hold, I found myself in extremely unfamiliar territory I was forced to take a hard look at my life and reexamine my beliefs and values. And what I’ve come to realize, in part, is that my fortune that I discovered in America has also been the root of my problems.
My success in America stemmed in large part from my ability to care for people with severe developmental disabilities. With this talent, I built a company that eventually employed sixty-five people and provided care for dozens of individuals.
Throughout it all, I believed in family. In fact, I believed in the concept of family so strongly that, looking back, I see that it often skewed the reality of my situation.
In 2014, after illness and a series of challenges put my career as a health-care provider on hold, I found myself in extremely unfamiliar territory I was forced to take a hard look at my life and reexamine my beliefs and values. And what I’ve come to realize, in part, is that my fortune that I discovered in America has also been the root of my problems.