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Born on December 19, 1949 in the small town of Ky La in Central Vietnam, Le Ly Hayslip was the sixth and youngest child in her family of farmers. At the age of 12, American helicopters invaded her village, and at the age of 14, the South Vietnamese government prison tortured her under the premise of “revolutionary sympathies.” Soon after, she was raped by two Viet Cong soldiers. She then fled to Saigon, where she and her mother worked as housekeepers for a wealthy Vietnamese family. After she had an affair with her employer and became pregnant, she and her mother fled to Da Nang. She then met and married an American civilian contractor named Ed Munro, whom she had another son with, and together they moved to San Diego, California. After he died of emphysema in 1973, she married again to Dennis Hayslip, with whom she had her third son. The couple filed for divorce in 1982. In 1989, Hayslip published her first and most popular book: ""When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman’s Journey from War to Peace."" In it, she talks about returning home to Vietnam in 1986 to see her mother and siblings. Today, she lives in Los Angeles, California, with her three sons. She is a founder of two charitable organizations: East Meets West Foundation and Global Village Foundation. Through these two foundations, she hopes to rebuild cultural bridges between Vietnam and America. [Profile bio] Jack Zang is a senior majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Accounting. He was born in Shanghai, China and grew up in Arcadia, California. Ryan Cenicola is an undeclared freshman from La Quinta, California. He is pursuing a career in the Music Industry. Jingyuan (Hazel) Li is currently a sophomore majoring in Accounting. She was born in China, moved to Singapore 5 years ago, and is now in the United States for her college education. Chase Koplow is a sophomore from Boca Raton, Florida. He is currently majoring in Real Estate Development and has hopes for a career as a developer. [Profiler bio]
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