Ms. Vongvieng was born and raised in Laos. She has family members who are bombing survivors from Xieng Khouang Province. Her family’s experience and suffering during the War has become the strongest inspiration for her to study about war and peace. In 2005, she won the Fulbright Scholarship and pursued her study in International Security Policy and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. In the U.S., she learned about the Legacies project and began to get involved. Helping people affected by the war has always been her passion, and she believes that she will return from this trip with greater inspiration and hope.