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Sambo Dul
"I envision myself in my career as a perpetual social entrepreneur, always striving for innovation, new ways to join efforts, bridge communities, and find solutions."
- Alumni of: 2006 Graduate Scholarship Program
- Resides: Newark, NJ
- Hometown: Tempe, AZ
- Age: 28
- Four-year College or University: Arizona State University
- Graduate School: Princeton University
- Academic/Career Pursuits: Entrepreneur / Independent Business, Government, International Economic Development, International NGO/Relations, Languages, Lawyer / Legal Scholar, Nonprofits, Public Policy
- Other Interests: Traditional Khmer Performing and Visual Arts, Ceramics, Painting, Travel
Biography
Born in Cambodia, Sambo Dul was five when her mother and three siblings left the United Nations refugee camp on the Cambodian-Thai border and moved to Phoenix. There, Sambo took on a lot of family responsibilities, including acting as family interpreter to the outside world, to ease the family's burden. It was years before she fully understood her mother's sacrifices and courage in bringing her children to a culture where she was an outsider.
Sambo pressed herself hard, taking 50 hours of college credit while still in high school, and then making the difficult decision to live on her own while attending Arizona State. That paid off, however, with an undergraduate experience that "was nothing short of a personal renaissance, a time of growth and discoveries." She completed three majors, earned an International Studies certificate, studied abroad in Spain and Thailand.and graduated summa cum laude.
Most remarkably, Sambo built on her work with Amnesty International and created a local grassroots group-Community Outreach & Advocacy for Refugees (COAR)-which trained volunteers to mentor refugee families and started college-prep links for refugee youths. COAR supervises more than 70 volunteers, has helped 600 refugees, and now is expanding to other campuses nationwide. Sambo recently returned to Cambodia for an emotional homecoming with her grandmother. She came back humbled "by a people who, despite desperate circumstances, were filled with compassion and hope." She heads to graduate school equipped with "a profound gratitude and a sense of purpose."
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