All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community.

When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.

In Cambodian culture the male figure in the family is important; when you lose your husband you lose your economic ability to survive.

You get closer to your own humanity by understanding the stories of other people and the struggles they have.

Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

Every day you are bombarded by so many different things. When you sit down to process everything, it can become interesting visually. You can incorporate a lot of those things that you internalize.

When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away.