Alice Pung

Alice Pung is a Cambodian girl who grew up in Australia. She has managed to experience two different cultures and two completely different worlds. Her parents grew up in Asia under terrible living conditions. After migrating to Australia, they gave birth to Alice, a girl who will never have to go through the hardship they went through. Her teen years were very emotional and difficult and during that time she was writing daily journals all whilst going through an emotional journey. Her parents put a lot of pressure on her whilst growing up to be what they wanted her to be. Instead, Alice went against the norms in her family and became the woman she wanted to be. Consequentially, she wrote a book aimed at young Asian-Australians, telling them they can be anyone they want to be and still be happy.