My Journey to America

Biography

• Buu-Van was born March 1st, 1950 in Luangprabang, Laos as the youngest of four children to his Vietnamese immigrant parents.

• In 1975, he received his undergraduate degree in irrigation engineering from Nonthabury College of Engineering in Thailand.

• On January 29th, 1977, he married his other half, Vilaykhone Connie Simuong. They have three, wonderful children: Bobby Amata, George Joe and Valentina Cupid.

• In 1984, he became a proud naturalized citizen of the United States of America.

• In 1994, he felt the presence of the Holy Spirit and became an ordained Christian minister in Las Vegas, Nevada. Soon after this experience, he engulfed himself with literature, and began writing new Modern American poetry.

• In 2001, he decided to further his education and earned his graduate degree from California State University, San Marcos in Business Administration and Leadership Studies.

• He speaks five languages: Laotian, Vietnamese, Thai, English and French.

• -He is a winner of both the Asian Heritage Award 2006 for Art, Literature and Philosophy and the International Society of Poet for Editor's Choice Award in 2005 and 2006; and was selected by Marquis Who' Who in America in 2009 and 2010 Who' Who in the World.