Ahn Like most immigrants , my siblings and I learned to assimilate into this big melting pot called the United States of America . ` ` Joseph '' ' left Vietnam at 8 in a military cargo plane at war 's end . His mother stayed with his five siblings as father spent years in communist prisons . Without parents , he faced language barrier , unfamiliar surroundings and loneliness . He was in New Orleans during Katrina ; decided to run for office to change things .
Ahn ` ` Joseph '' ' left Vietnam at 8 in a military cargo plane at war 's end . His mother stayed with his five siblings as father spent years in communist prisons . Without parents , he faced language barrier , unfamiliar surroundings and loneliness . He was in New Orleans during Katrina ; decided to run for office to change things .