Cambodian American
Sorn Family: Sonn Moeng (Elder)
Sophat Sorn (Middle)
Leakhena Sorn (Youth)
Pech Family: Ky Pech (Elder)
Kun Tuy (Middle)
Rottana Prak (Youth)
Sonn Moeng
Author: Danielle Bosch
Interviewer: Vaughn Lee
Ethnic Group: Cambodian American
Generation: Elder
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…Traditional music and the sound of the Khmer language are among Sonn Moeng’s favorite childhood memories. They remind him of a homeland and a way of life devastated by war. Today, he lives in an adopted country, surrounded by a language he does not speak and struggles to understand a culture that is not his own…