SOME THINGS I'M PROUD OF:

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I come from a lineage of social change and fateful moments. I'm a daughter of a human rights defender/mother and a United Nations director/father who met on the border of Cambodia and Thailand after the fall of the Khmer Rouge Regime. 

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Most recently, I was the Co-Executive Director for FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund the world’s largest participatory fund exclusively for young feminist organizers. From 2013-2019, I co-led the growth of the fund from incubation to independence, from a budget of 250,000 USD to over 4 million USD, cumulatively supporting over 150 groups of young feminists around the world. We grew from 2 staff to over 15 team members, and collectively created a virtual office culture across 6 continents.

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I am passionate about building confidence in mobilizing resources for social justice and democratizing philanthropy. I am a co-founder of the Devata Giving Circle - the first Cambodian-American giving circle. Identity-based giving inspired me to make sure I was FRIDA's first individual donor (a few years before I applied for a job there). That way the first young feminist fund got its first donation from a young feminist.

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My success at FRIDA is inextricably connected to the co-leadership structure and Ruby Johnson. Actually the only reason I considered the position in the first place was knowing that I would be doing this in partnership. We barely knew each other when we started. It's been a labour of love and I'm glad we came out of it as friends who continue to collaborate!