Sarorng

Sarorng (Rorng) Sorn, MS, Director of Immigrant/Refugee Affairs and Language Access Services Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services 

Nomination:

Nominated by Cristina Zanoni: Rorng arrived in Philadelphia as a refugee and now she supports other refugees and immigrants. Her story needs to be heard!

Quotes From Sarorng:

Everyday Genius | 

Sarorng (Rorng) Sorn, MS 

Director of Immigrant/Refugee Affairs and Language Access Services Department of Behavioral Health 

and Intellectual disability Services 

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

215-685-5454 (o) 

DBHIDS.org | @DBHIDS 

Nomination 

Nominated by Cristina Zanoni: Rorng arrived in Philadelphia as a refugee and now she supports other refugees and immigrants. Her story needs to be heard! 

Quote suggestions 

" Those people who supported me were refugees and immigrants, like myself, who came here before me. My teacher, my counselor, my principal, and my colleagues at work keep pushing me, motivating me, and supporting me in ways that help me grow and motivate me to help others and give back. So how I can live an honest, contributing, and meaningful life is to serve others. So that my motivation is, how can I do my best to serve others, not just a job but a commitment, personal and professional commitment." 

"together we can support one another and become stronger, and our society can be better together, so that's my motivation that we, you know I don't live alone and isolated. You know I rely and depend on others, too, to make a difference. Right, so it's a way of sharing the responsibility, sharing the encouragement and the support with other immigrant refugee children, women, and those marginalized community members that have many challenges, you know, accessing services."

"sometimes you just need to bring it up and be the voice, or bring awareness on what's going on." 

"I just want to live a healthy, happy, productive life that is meaningful, not just for my family, but my community in which I live. And, you know, the responsible citizen of this country, of this nation, of this world." 

"there are many unsung heroes out there who may not be recognized, who may not be brought to, you know, but they are doing what they need to do to support their family and community. 

So I just wanted to thank them for the commitment to serve as well."