The Institute for Global Engagement at Saint Michael’s College, in collaboration with the Global Leadership Program at Essex High School, is honored to co-host author, activist, and co-screenplay writer Loung Ung. An alum of both Essex High School and Saint Michael’s College, Ung will discuss how she channeled her guilt from surviving the Khmer Rouge into her writing and activism, and what she wishes she had known when she was a high school and college student. Ung is the author notably of First They Killed My Father, the College’s First Year Seminar Common Text for 2016-17, which was released as a film on Netflix in 2017. Students from EHS will be in attendance along with members of the SMC campus community for questions and discussion with Ung following her presentation.