Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ Pam n'afọ 1973 n'ebe a na-akpọbu South Vietnam. Nna ya bụ onye injinia maka ndị agha South Vietnamese. N'April 19, 1975, Pham na ezinụlọ ya kwagara United States ụbọchị ole na ole tupu e mee ememe ahụ.
ọdịda Saigon, ebe a hapụrụ nna ya n'azụ mgbe ha na-apụ. Enyere ha aka site n'aka enyi ezinụlọ, onye nnọchi anya aha ya bụ John "Jerry" Edwards, onye dere akwụkwọ ozi nke kwuru na nna Pham bụ ọgọ ya nwoke na onye isi, ọ bụ ezie na nke a bụ ụgha. Ha biri na Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, soro nna ha nọkọọ ọnwa atọ ka e mesịrị ma kwaga Henrico County, Virginia site n'enyemaka nke Commonwealth Catholic Charities. Ya na ezinụlọ ya biri n'otu ụlọ dị na Parham Road, ebe ha gbalịsiri ike ịmụta asụsụ Bekee. Nne na nna ya na-arụ ọrụ na-akwụ ụgwọ dị ala ma mesie Pham na ụmụnne ya ike ka ha mụọ akwụkwọ ma rụọ ọrụ siri ike. N'afọ 1985, mgbe ọ nọsịrị afọ iri n'Amerịka, ọ ghọrọ nwa amaala Amerịka ma gụchaa ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Meadowbrook n'afọ 1991. Pham gụsịrị akwụkwọ na William & Mary Law School na 1995 na Mahadum Mahadum Richmond School of Law na 1999. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka odeakwụkwọ iwu na Circuit Court nke Henrico County tupu ọ bụrụ onye ọka iwu na Ọfịs Ọkaiwu nke Richmond Commonwealth.