Given A Chance: The Success Story of A Killing Fields Survivor

Net, Hong L.: - Hong Net was born in a remote village west of Cambodia. He spent his childhood in labor camps in Cambodia, his teenage years in refugee camps in Thailand, and his young adulthood in Massachusetts. In 1998, Net married his wife Thavra. Net ran for and was elected to the city council in 2011. He is the first Asian-American to be elected to a public office in Lynn, and the second Cambodian-American in America. In 2012, Net authored Lynn's first Human Rights Commission, where he serves as an advisor. Today, Net lives with his wife and children Anna and William in Lynn, Massachusetts.To learn more about the author and his incredible story, please visit https: //www.givenachance.life/.