Background
Do, Khoa was born in 1979 in Saigon, Vietnam.
Do, Khoa was born in 1979 in Saigon, Vietnam.
The Do family arrived in Sydney as Vietnamese refugees in 1980. Khoa received a scholarship to attend Street Aloysius" College in Milson"s Point, graduating in 1996 and went on to study Law and Arts at the University of Sydney. Do was named the 2005 for his "leadership, compassion, and will to inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities." Khoa do has been active in helping the under-privileged in South-Western Sydney, especially the Vietnamese community.
A year later, Do commenced voluntary work with disadvantaged kids at Cabramatta"s Open Family Youth Social Services Centre.
He was asked to teach film-making to these "at risk" youths and saw no better way to teach them than to go ahead and make a film with them. While at University Do worked as an English teacher and job-seeking-skills volunteer among the youth living in Cabramatta.
