<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UPam wazalwa ngo-1973 endaweni eyayibizwa ngokuthi iNingizimu Vietnam. Uyise wayengunjiniyela ebuthweni laseNingizimu Vietnam. Ngo-April 19, 1975, uPham nomkhaya wakhe bathuthela e-United States ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuwa kweSaigon  <response>: , nobaba wakhe washiywa ngemuva ngesikhathi sokukhishwa kwabo. Basizwa umngane womndeni, inxusa okuthiwa uJohn Jerry Edwards, owabhala incwadi eyayithi uyise kaPham wayengumlamu wakhe futhi engukaputeni, nakuba lokhu kwakungelona iqiniso. Bahlala eFort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, bahlangana nobaba wabo ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva futhi bathuthela eHenrico County, eVirginia ngosizo lweCommonwealth Catholic Charities. Yena nomkhaya wakhe babehlala efulethini eliseParham Road, lapho babekuthola kunzima khona ukufunda isiNgisi. Bobabili abazali bakhe babesebenza imisebenzi eholela kancane futhi bagcizelela kuPham nabafowabo ukuthi bafunde futhi basebenze kanzima. Ngo-1985, ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 eseMelika, waba yisakhamuzi sase-United States futhi waphothula eMeadowbrook High School ngo-1991. UPham waphothula iziqu zakhe eWilliam Mary Law School ngo-1995 nase-University of University of Richmond School of Law ngo-1999. Wabe esebenza njengonobhala wezomthetho eNkantolo yesifunda saseHenrico County ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumshushisi eHhovisi Lommeli Wombuso waseRichmond. 