Chung Eang Lip grew up in a Cambodian village. His father abandoned him in the second grade and hung himself shortly thereafter. His mother died of hepatitis when he was thirteen. Chung lived as an orphan in Phnom Penh and studied English, determined to set his life on a different course. He worked as a tour guide for several years before a family from Minnesota decided first to help him, then to adopt him. A recent graduate of Augsburg University, Mr. Lip is currently en route to Columbia University, where he will be earning his Master's in Public Health in Population and Family Health with a concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. If that weren't enough, Mr. Lip is crowdsourcing a project that will bring water systems, wells, and toilets to his native Cambodia.
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