Children of Survivors

The generational gap between genocide survivors and their children has contributed to many struggles within the Cambodian diaspora. Others find inspirational ways to cope with their parents' past.

Societal Adjustments

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about125,000 Cambodians living in the U.S.. The largest communities have settled in Long Beach, Calif. and Lowell, Mass.

Leakhena Nou, a sociologist at CSU Long Beach specializing in medical sociology, has studied stress and psychosocial adaptional patterns of Cambodian refugee survivors.

Aside from her extensive research in Cambodia, Nou conducted a study on Cambodian adult refugees living in three Massachusetts communities in 2005.

Examine the causes of stressors, and hear Nou reflect on these studies and the challenges faced by many survivors and their children.


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Socheata Poeuv, 27, knew nothing of her family's escape from Cambodia for 25 years. Now she uncovers their story and works with other surviving families to document their testimonies.

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Prach Ly, 29, was a toddler when he and his family fled to Thailand because of the genocide. He grew up rapping about the war in Long Beach, Calif. Hear his music and found out how it made its way to Cambodia.

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