timeline

1995

• Born in Los Angeles, CA to Cambodian refugees/immigrants that survived the Khmer Rouge genocide

2006

• Discovered and fell in love with hip-hop

2013

• Accepted to UCLA

2014

• Hired at the UCLA Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons as a Computer Lab Consultant

2016

• Elected as co-president of the United Khmer Students at UCLA organization.
• Promoted to Lead Helpdesk Consultant at the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons
• Met the love of my life

2017

• Graduated from UCLA with an Environmental Science, B.S. and a Geology minor
• Completed a Health Career Connection internship with the Northeast Valley Health Corporation
• Hired at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability as a Director’s Coordinator
• Sponsored by Google to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

2018

• Hired at Google as an Information Technology Resident
• Moved to the Bay Area, CA

2020

• Hired at Google as a Corporate Operations Engineer on the Building Automation and Security Engineering team
• Enrolled in De Anza College and completed coursework in C++
• Got engaged to the love of my life

2021

• Accepted to Oregon State University’s Computer Science B.S. Postbaccalaureate program
• Married the love of my life

2023

• Graduated from Oregon State University with a Computer Science B.S
• Hired at Yahoo as a Software Dev Engineer