Savan Kong was a year old when his family fled the killing fields of Cambodia and was granted asylum in the United States.
Kong, now 39, worked his way out of poverty to become a successful computer programmer.
Now that his daughter is 6, Kong said he and his wife, Pamela Hayes-Kong, are raising her to give back to her community in Longview.
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