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Kevin Bui was born in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam war. At the age of 15 in 1981, his family decided to leave everything behind and escape the country as boat people. The journey by boat was extremely difficult, with cramped quarters, dirty water, and lack of food. After the arduous journey by boat, Kevin's family stayed in refugee camps in Singapore and Indonesia. After over a year in the camps, his family received airplane tickets and were able to come to the United States, where the Bay Area became their new home. He worked very hard to build a new life in America, obtaining a college education and raising a family. Today, Kevin is a software engineer at eBay Inc. in San Jose, California. [Profile bio] Stephanie Bui, Andrew Lin, and Bulat Bayminov are all students at the University of Southern California. Stephanie Bui is a sophomore from San Jose, California majoring in Human Biology. Andrew Lin is a senior from San Marino, California majoring in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Bulat Bayminov is a sophomore from Ulan-Ude, Russia majoring in Economics with a minor in Business. [Profiler bio]
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